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Map of the sites holding the search term ""Spartina maritima""

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Adur Estuary

…arine plant communities are unusual due to the relative scarcity of cord grass, Spartina spp. The large area of intertidal mud flats within the estuary are important for a variety of wading birds. Saltmarsh plants fringe most of the estuary and in places have colonised large area…

Morfa Harlech

… saltmarsh with glasswort Salicornia sp. to stands with frequent thrift Armeria maritima, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, sea milkwort Glaux maritima, common cord grass Spartina anglica, locally dominant sea rush Juncus maritimus and the nationally scarce lax-flowere…

Blackwater Estuary

…nationally scarce S. perennis and S. pusilla and the invasive common cord grass Spartina anglica. The scarce, native small cord grass Spartina maritima can still be found in places, despite the incursions of the more vigorous hybrid form. Further up the marsh, where tidal immersi…

Wyre Estuary

…uent tidal inundation – the glassworts salicornia spp., annual sea blite Suaeda maritima and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Common cord grass Spartina anglica is abundant on some of the marshes but appears to be declining. Higher up the marshes there are extensive a…

The Swale

…der Limonium vulgare, sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and common cord grass Spartina anglica while less common plants include small cord grass Spartina maritima* and golden samphire Inula crithmoides*. As well as providing feeding and roosting places for many birds, the salt…

Morfa Dyffryn

…ical species include sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantago maritima, common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, greater sea-spurrey Spergularia media, common cord-grass Spartina anglica, annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima, annual glasswort Salicornia sp., sal…

Hythe to Calshot Marshes

… within the SSSI comprise saltmarshes, which grade from monospecific cord grass Spartina anglica swards upshore to mixed marsh in which the dominant species are generally sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and Spartina. The marshes near Hyth…

Deben Estuary

… by a vegetation dominated by sea aster Aster tripolium, annual seablite Suaeda maritima, glasswort Salicornia europaea, sea poa Puccinellia maritima and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides. In places, particularly where steep cliffs abut the mud flats, virtually pure stands of c…

Orwell Estuary

…ith a wide range of communities. glasswort Salicornia spp. and small cord grass Spartina maritima are the principal colonisers of the mud and seaaster Aster tripolium is abundant on the lower marsh. The central areas of marsh are dominated by common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia ma…

Benfleet and Southend Marshes

… uncommon C. submersum. Other uncommon species include beaked tasselweed Ruppia maritima and brackish water crowfoot Ranunculus baudotii. The great crested newt and scarce emerald damselfly Lestes dryas are also present. This combination of scrub, grassland and open water with …

Alde-Ore Estuary

…ding sea heath Frankenia laevis, glasswort Salicornia pusilla, small cord grass Spartina maritima and Borrer’s saltmarsh grass Puccinellia fasciculata. It is representative of the Atriplex portulacoides community as described in the National Vegetation Classification. Saltmarsh e…

Hamford Water

…of islands and extensive saltmarsh covers one third of the area. Thrift Armeria maritima and common sea lavender Limonium vulgare, together with the rarer rock sea lavender L. binervosum and lax flowered sea lavender Limonium humile. sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides and saltma…

Taw-Torridge Estuary

…the saltmarshes. Glassworts Salicornia spp., common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima and cord-grass Spartina spp. occupy the lower levels; sea aster Aster tripolium and annual seablite Suaeda maritima characterise the middle marshes while red fescue Festuca rubra and sea rush…

Sandwich Bay to Hacklinge Marshes

…ity of characteristic plants dominated by saltmarsh grasses such as Puccinellia maritima and common cord grass Spartina anglica. Other abundant species include sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides, sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare and the nationally scarce …

Roudsea Wood & Mosses

…lochin maritimum, sea aster Aster tripolium, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and common cord grass Spartina anglica. At the eastern side of Roudsea Wood there is a transition from limestone woodland onto the peat of the mosses. Along this transition is the only remain…

Yar Estuary

…tmarshes rich in plant species and with only limited invasion by the cord grass Spartina anglica. The mixed saltmarsh forms an ill defined series of zones with sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides dominating the drier, better drained areas and cord grass Spartina species and saltm…

Medway Estuary and Marshes

…ts include sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, cord grass Spartina anglica and saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima, but among the many others are several scarce species such as golden samphire Inula crithmoides*, perennial glasswort Salicornia perennis* and…

Upper Severn Estuary

… high watermark the saltmarsh is dominated by species such as common cord grass Spartina anglica, common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and glasswort Salicornia europaea. Further up the shore, species such as red fescue Festuca rubra and creeping bent Agrostis stolonifera b…

Morecambe Bay

…marsh is typified by pioneer species notably common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and occasionally glasswort Salicornia europaea. Cordgrass Spartina anglica has recently spread on to muddier substrates south of the River Keer and in the northaround Holme Island, Plumpton a…

Christchurch Harbour

… The low level saltmarsh, whilst locally containing small amounts of cord grass Spartina anglica, is dominated by saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima with abundant sea aster Aster tripolium, sea lavender Limonium vulgare, sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum, sea plantain Plantag…

Bracklesham Bay

…eeping bent grasses and local abundancies of common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima bordering the shingle. A number of saltmarsh and sea plants including sea aster Aster tripolium and sea purslane Atriplex portulacoides occur throughout this rough grassland type. In the nort…

Upper Solway Flats & Marshes

…usually typified by pioneer species, notably common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and some glasswort Salicornia europaea; with the invasive cordgrass Spartina spp. so far infrequent. Other pioneering plants include sea milkwort Glaux maritima. Above this there is a transit…

Otter Estuary

…developed, with successions of glassworts Salicornia spp. and common cord-grass Spartina anglica at the lower levels; common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima, sea-purslane Atriplex portulacoides and sea arrowgrass Triglochin maritimum occurring on the middle marsh with annual…

North Wirral Foreshore

…c mixed saltmarsh is formed principally from common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima and glasswort Salicornia europaea, together with some common cord grass Spartina anglica. Whilst North Wirral Foreshore is not comparable with either the Dee Estuary or the Mersey Estuary in…

Mucking Flats and Marshes

…um, common sea lavender Limonium vulgare and common saltmarsh grass Puccinellia maritima. Fragments of lower saltmarsh include glasswort Salicornia spp., common cordgrass Spartina anglica and lesser sea spurrey Spergularia marina, together with the nationally scarce golden samphi…

Burry Inlet and Loughor Estuary

…eer communities dominated by glasswort Salicornia spp., annual sea-blite Suaeda maritima together with substantial areas of the introduced common cord-grass Spartina anglica through to low-midmarsh communities dominated by the common saltmarsh-grass Puccinellia maritima with sea-…

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