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Ivydene Gardens Rush to Saxifrage Wild Flower Families Gallery:
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Grass: Saltmarsh Grasses Family:- "Saltmarsh grasses (Puccinellia) are tufted perennials (except for Stiff Saltmarsh Grass and usually have erect to half0-prostrate stems, greyish leaves and short blunt or rounded ligules. Inflorescence a panicle, the often purple-tinged spikelets with 3 or more florets; lemmas usually bluntly pointed; flowering June-July. Saline habiotats. Various hybrids occasionally occur. " from Collins Pocket Guide to the Grasses, Sedges, Rushes and Ferns of Britain and Northern Europe by R.S.R. Fitter and A. Fitter iluustrated by A. Farrer - ISBN 0 00219136 9 - First Published Grass: Saltmarsh Grasses Family plant table with its Common Name - Botanical Name. Flowering Months Range. Habitat with link to that Wild Flower Habitat Gallery:- |
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Borrer's Saltmarsh Grass |
Puccinellia fasciculata |
Only found in wetland habitats like saltmarsh - local on mud near the sea in Southern England; and in South-East Ireland |
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Common Saltmarsh Grass (Syn. Sea Meadow-Grass) |
Puccinellia maritima |
Salt-marsh (widespread and locally abundant in salt-marshes) |
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Northern Saltmarsh Grass |
Puccinellia distans ssp. borealis |
Saltmarsh (drier salt-marshes, rocks and bare ground by the sea, increasingly by roadsides and around mineral workings inland) |
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Reflexed Saltmarsh Grass (Syn. reflexed Meadow-Grass) |
Saltmarsh - widespread and frequent on mud in dykes, brackish marshes and elsewhere near the sea; roadsides inland |
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Stiff Saltmarsh Grass (Syn. Procumbent Meadow-Grass) |
Puccinellia rupestris |
June-September |
Saltmarsh in England, Wales and Ireland. An annual or biennial herb growing on bare saline soils above the tidal limit, behind sea walls, on tracks and in grazing marshes around cattle-trodden pools and depressions, and sometimes on firm muddy shingle and in rock crevices. It occurs rarely inland by saline springs and salt-treated roads. |
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Saltmarsh Management Manual by the Environment Agency:- To effectively manage saltmarshes requires an understanding of what they are, how they are formed and how they function. Details are provided here on the morphology and processes associated with estuaries and bays, and more specifically with intertidal sub-systems (mudflats and saltmarshes) as well as saltmarsh ecology. Understanding the form and function of the estuarine or coastal system in question is critical as a baseline against which the options for saltmarsh management can be assessed. Details are also provided on the information the coastal manager needs to understand in order to implement an appropriate saltmarsh management strategy.
The effect of sea-wall management on scarce plant species by Richard Carter (RSK Carter Ecological) and Rachael Hunter (Environment Agency):- Earth sea-walls in SE England are a unique
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