Table 2 . List of the more common aquatic plants collected or 

 recorded from the Sheepscot estuary. 



High salinity coastal waters 



Algae: 



Laminaria longicruoris De la Pylaie 

 Laminaria digitata Linnaeus 

 Fucus vesiculosus Linnaeus 

 Fucus spiralis Linnaeus 

 Fucus evanescens C. Agardh 

 Ascophyllum nodosum Linnaeus 

 Chorda filum Linnaeus 

 Desmarestia aculeata Linnaeus 

 Chordaria flagelliformis MuUer 

 Chondrus crispus Linnaeus 

 Polysiphonia lanosa Linnaeus 

 Polysiphonia flexicaulis Harvey 

 Corallina officinalis Linnaeus 

 Ulva latuca Linnaeus 



Enteromorpha compressa Linnaeus 



glabra Fernald 



Seed Plants: 



Spartina alterniflora var 



Spartina patens Ait. 

 Zostera marina Linnaeus 



n. Low salinity, protected waters 

 Algae: 



Enteromorpha intestinalis Linnaeus 



Enteromorpha clathrata Roth 



Lyngbya sp . 



Melosira sp. 



Polysiphonia subtilissima Montagne 



Dasya pedicellata C . Agardh 



Ectocarpus sp. 



Ceramium sp. 

 Seed Plants: 



Spartina alterniflora var. glabra Fernald 



Spartina patens Ait. 



Zostera marina Linnaeus 



Ruppia maritima Linnaeus 



kelp 



kelp 



rockweed 



rockweed 



rockweed 



rockweed 



Irish moss 



sea lettuce 



marsh grass 

 marsh grass 

 eel grass 



marsh grass 

 marsh grass 

 eel grass 



LITERATURE CITED 



Atkins, C. 

 1874. 



On the salmon of eastern North 

 America and its artificial culture. 

 U. S. Fish Commission, Report 

 of the Commissioner Pt. II, 

 pp. 226-337. 



Bigelow, H. B. 



1924. The plankton of tlie Gulf of Maine. 

 Bulletin, U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, 

 40: 1-509. 



Bigelow, H. B.,and W. C. Schroeder 



1953. Fishes of the Gulf of Maine. U.S. 

 Fish and Wildlife Service, Fishery 

 Bulletin 74, pp. 1-577. 



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