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- contains fresh water from land and salt water from ocean
- occurs in protected embayments
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varying salinity (varies with tides) |
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sharp zones that contain different types of plants |
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- anaerobic
- roots get oxygen from above ground
- aerenchyma tissue (many air pockets)
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- dominant plant in Morro Bay marsh
- suculent stem and scale leaves
- wind pollinated
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- leaves are folded
- pink/purple flowers
- form large clonal patches
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linear leaved monocot either grows in clumps or spread by ribozomes |
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- spreads by ribozomes and stolons
- salt excreter
- forms patches
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not as salt tolerant but very prevalent in marshes |
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