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• Tidal marsh — A tidal marsh is a type of marsh that is found along coasts and estuaries of which the flooding characteristics are determined by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean [ [http://www.epa.gov/owow/wetlands/types/marsh.html#tidal] …   Wikipedia

• tidal marsh —    An extensive, nearly level marsh bordering a coast (as in a shallow lagoon, sheltered bay or estuary) and regularly inundated by high tides; formed mostly of unconsolidated sediments (e.g., clays, silts, and/or sands and organic materials),… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• fringe-tidal marsh —    Narrow salt marsh adjacent to a relatively higher energy environment.    SSS …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Marsh rice rat — Temporal range: Rancholabrean (300,000 years before present) – present Conservation status …   Wikipedia

• marsh — marshlike, adj. /mahrsh/, n. a tract of low wet land, often treeless and periodically inundated, generally characterized by a growth of grasses, sedges, cattails, and rushes. [bef. 900; ME mershe, OE mer(i)sc (c. G Marsch). See MERE2, ISH1; cf.… …   Universalium

• Marsh — /mahrsh/, n. 1. Dame (Edith) Ngaio /nuy oh/, 1899 1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels. 2. Reginald, 1898 1954, U.S. painter and illustrator. * * * I Freshwater or marine wetland ecosystem characterized by poorly drained mineral soils and …   Universalium

• salt marsh — noun low lying wet land that is frequently flooded with saltwater • Hypernyms: ↑marsh, ↑marshland, ↑fen, ↑fenland * * * noun Etymology: Middle English saltmersh, from salt + mersh marsh more at marsh …   Useful english dictionary

• Marsh — For other uses, see Marsh (disambiguation). Marshland redirects here. For the suburb of Christchurch, New Zealand, see Marshland, New Zealand. In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood …   Wikipedia

• salt marsh —    Flat, poorly drained area that is subject to periodic or occasional overflow by salt water, containing water that is brackish to strongly saline, and usually covered with a thick mat of grassy halophytic plants; e.g., a coastal marsh… …   Glossary of landform and geologic terms

• Salt marsh — A salt marsh is a type of marsh that is a transitional intertidal between land and salty or brackish water (e.g.: sloughs, bays, estuaries). It is dominated by halophytic (salt tolerant) herbaceous plants. Historically, salt marshes have… …   Wikipedia

• Salt-marsh communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system — This article gives an overview of the saltmarsh communities in the British National Vegetation Classification system.IntroductionThe saltmarsh communities of the NVC were described in Volume 5 of British Plant Communities , first published in… …   Wikipedia