Java Farm 
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Ivy Neck 
27A. 
27B. 
DiGre 
Salt Marsh 
Sea Myrtle, Salt Reedgrass, Salt 
Cordgrass. 
Covers the wettest and appar- 
ently most saline marsh areas 
and follows tide channels into 
apparently less saline areas. 
Chiefly Baccharis halimifolia, 
Spartina cynosuroides, S. alter- 
niflora; less abundant species: 
Iva frutescens, Aster subulatus, 
A. tenuifolius, Limonium carolin- 
ianum, Phragmites communis. 
Slat-meadow Grass, Alkali Grass. 
Covers more sheltered, inland 
areas of large marshes; often 
absent from smaller ones. Chief- 
ly Spartina patens, Distichlis 
spicata; less abundant species: 
Solidago sempervirens, Eleochar- 
is halophila. 
Cattail, Marsh Mallow, Switch- 
grass. 
Occurs at landward margins of 
marshes or throughout less saline 
ones. Chiefly Typha latifolia, 
T. angustifolia, Hibiscus palus- 
tris, Kosteletzkya virginica, 
Panicum virgatum; less abundant 
species: Acnida cannabina, 
Pluchea camphorata. 
Tidal portion of Muddy Creek 
has gradient of decreasing 
salinity. Species there not 
cited above: Scirpus americanus, 
S. robustus (Hog I. Marsh); 
Atriplex patula, Dryopteris 
thelypteris (with Typha), Polygo- 
num hydropiperoides, Asclepias 
incarnata, and Mikania scandens 
(at upstream end). 
27A. 
Salt Marsh and Beach 
Sea Myrtle, Salt Reedgrass, 
Salt Cordgrass. 
Same as at Java Farm; Spartina 
cynosuroides infrequent, only at 
edge of water. 
Salt-meadow Grass, Alkali Grass. 
Same as at Java Farm but areas 
often too small to map. 
Cattail, Marsh Mallow, Switch- 
grass. 
Same as at Java Farm, but 
areas often too small to map. 
Salt marsh at head of Cheston 
Creek estuary has several species 
cited for tidal Muddy Creek. 
Trees occasionally found in 
salt marshes include Diospyros 
virginiana and Juniperus virginiana 
at several locations, Robinia 
pseudoacacia at Sand Point, Quercus 
falcata and Q. phellos at Hog Island 
marsh, and Salix nigra at head of 
Fox Creek. The last three species 
occur near the dry land border. 
