Salt Marsh
Distichlis spicata (Coastal Salt Grass)
Found in and around aquatic or wetland habitats, this grass is avoided by grazing feral horses on Assateague Island, Maryland, in favor of Spartina alterniflora
Distichlis spicata (Coastal Salt Grass)
Gullah sweetgrass basket
One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic
Gullah sweetgrass basket
Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey
Illustration of a man doing the salt marsh nekton survey
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Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey
Monitoring: surface elevation table
Illustration of a technician using a Surface Elevation Table (SET)
