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Plate 3.-Two habitats are shown here. Classification of landward (lighter) zone: system Marine, subsystem Intertidal, CLASS 

 Rocky Shore, subclass Bedrock, water regime Irregularly Flooded, water chemistry Euhaline. Classification of seaward 

 (darker) zone: system Marine, subsystem Intertidal, class Aquatic Bed, subclass Algal, dominance type Funis spiralis, 

 water regime Regularly Flooded, water chemistry Euhaline. Subordinate plants in the aquatic bed include rockweed (Funis 

 vesiailosus), knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum), and Irish moss (Chondrus crispus). This photo was taken at low tide. (Newport 

 County, Rhode Island; July 1977; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



