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Plate 16. -Classification: SYSTEM Estuarine, subsystem Intertidal, CLASS Emergent Wetland, subclass Persistent, dominance 

 type Spartina alterniflora, water regime Regularly Flooded, water chemistry Mixohaline, soil Mineral. Saltmarsh cord- 

 grass is the only plant growing in the regularly flooded zone of this salt marsh. Saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), seaside 

 goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens), and the sedge, Carex paleacea, grow at the landward edge of the marsh. The photo was taken 

 at high tide. (Essex County, Massachusetts; September 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



