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Plate 17.— Classification: system Estuarine, SUBSYSTEM Intertidal, class Emergent Wetland, subclass Persistent, dominance 

 type Spartinafoliosa, water regime Regularly Flooded, water chemistry Mixohaline, soil Mineral. The most common sub- 

 ordinate plants are glassworts (Salicornia spp.). This wetland borders an irregularly flooded emergent wetland dominated by 

 glasswort. The photo was taken at high tide. (San Mateo County, California; August 1976; Photo by V. Carter) 



