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Figure 15. — Big cordgrass {Spartina cynosuroides) (tall plant) and arrow- 

 arum (Peltandra virginica) (broad-leaved plant next to water) along tidal 

 creek, Nanticoke River marsh, Wicomico County, Md., August 1967, Big 

 cordgrass usually grows along the margins of tidal guts in brackish bay 

 marshes, but may form extensive, nearly pure stands in brackish tidal-river 

 mashes. It is one of the most important cover types for King Rails in the 

 Chesapeake Bay region. (Photograph by Luther Goldman.) 



