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Plate 19.— Classification: system Estuarine, subsystem Intertidal, class Emergent Wetland, subclass Persistent, dominance 

 TYPE Trighchin maritimum, WATER REGIME Irregularly Flooded, water chemistry Mixohaline, SOIL Mineral. Subordinate plants 

 include samphire (Salicornia europaea) and seaside plantain (Plantago maritima). This stand is located at the seaward edge of 

 the irregularly flooded zone where it is inundated by most, but not all, high tides. Water depth is less than 5 cm (2 in). Slightly 

 more elevated stands of Triglochin maritimum contain little or no standing water between periods of inundation. (Municipality 

 of Anchorage, Alaska; June 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



