Salt marsh report
On a very cold and foggy day, we visited the Hayward Shoreline to explore the salt marsh communities. The initial response once we got there was that it was very peaceful, not too many people came there and it is usually cold since it is near the shore. All of us were given books with which we may identify the different plants in the salt marsh communities and also the different animals we would expect to see in this type of environment. Although all of the plants we saw were in the same community, there were a variety of plants that varied from close to the water to near the road we were walking on. Cord grass was one of the first plants seen. Since it is not native, it must have been taken over (1). It has a resemblance to corn and is the first plant seen near the water (1). Since it is near the water, it must have been tolerant to salt marsh. It has underground rhizomes/stems that are hollow, which helps it adapt to the salt marsh community (1). Another plant that w
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