Plant Communities

The plant species growing in a particular coastal marsh are regulated by prevailing environmental conditions in the area and the availability ofpropagules,such as seeds or roots, of individual species. Major factors affecting growth of plants in coastal marshes are water or soil salinity (Fig. 10) a...

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Published inCoastal Marshes p. 28
Main Author ROBERT H. CHABRECK
Format Book Chapter
LanguageEnglish
Published University of Minnesota Press 16.01.1989
EditionNED - New edition
Subjects
Agricultural sciences
Agriculture
Agrology
Aquatic plants
Biocenosis
Biological sciences
Biology
Botany
Chemical properties
Chemistry
Earth sciences
Ecology
Geography
Halophytes
Hydrology
Land
Marine botany
Marshes
Physical sciences
Plant communities
Plants
Population ecology
Rangelands
Salinity
Salt marshes
Saltwater
Sea water
Soil chemical properties
Soil chemistry
Soil salinity
Synecology
Water
Wetlands
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Summary:The plant species growing in a particular coastal marsh are regulated by prevailing environmental conditions in the area and the availability ofpropagules,such as seeds or roots, of individual species. Major factors affecting growth of plants in coastal marshes are water or soil salinity (Fig. 10) and water depth. Species vary in their tolerance to salt: halophytes are able to grow in marshes where the water salinity approaches sea strength; at the other extreme areglycophytes,which require a freshwater environment. Other species have moderate tolerances and grow in marsh where salinity levels are intermediate. Because seawater is the
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