SALT MARSH

SALT MARSH DEFINITION:

• an area of costal grass land that is regularly flooded by seawater

location

• Low-lying costal regions
• In the United States they can be found on every cost

Unique Characteristics

• Plants are shades of grey, gree, and brown
• Occurs where salt water and fresh water mix
• One of the most productive ecosystems on earth
• thrive on low energy

FOUR COMMON ANIMALS

• Winter flounder
• Four-spine stickleback
• Shrimp
• Sand eel

Four common plants

• Pickleweed
• Smooth cord grass
• Phragmite ausralis
• Common phragmite reed

Average temperature

• close to the temperature of the air

Average solar radiation

• Salt marshes get a lot of sunlight

Average depth

• salt marshes are very shallow
• that is why they get a lot of sun
• and why they are the same temperture as the air

examples of salt marshes

• St. Catherines Island, Georgia
• Cumberland Island, Georgia
• Morecambe Bay, Britian