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BIO 114 Midterm #2
Coastal Marsh Wetlands
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
05/20/2008

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Term
estuary
Definition
  • contains fresh water from land and salt water from ocean
  • occurs in protected embayments
Term
brackish water
Definition

varying salinity

(varies with tides) 

Term
salt tolerant
Definition
halophytic
Term
zonation
Definition
sharp zones that contain different types of plants
Term
soil characteristics
Definition
  • anaerobic
  • roots get oxygen from above ground
  • aerenchyma tissue (many air pockets)
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pickleweed
Definition
  • dominant plant in Morro Bay marsh
  • suculent stem and scale leaves
  • wind pollinated
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frankenia
Definition
  • leaves are folded
  • pink/purple flowers
  • form large clonal patches
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arrow grass
Definition
linear leaved monocot either grows in clumps or spread by ribozomes
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saltgrass
Definition
  • spreads by ribozomes and stolons
  • salt excreter
  • forms patches
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rushes
Definition
not as salt tolerant but very prevalent in marshes
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