Saline Fluid Marsh 42+ PZ
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Description
Marsh plants exist in a delicate balance with water depth and salinity levels. When this balance is altered, the plant community adapts to the new regime. The Open Water community is where the system is breaking up or where open water ponds exist within the landscape. This phase requires knowledge of the landscape to determine whether it is breaking up. The open water areas within a planning unit are beneficial for wildlife, but require monitoring to insure that they are not enlarging due to erosion of the shorelines which can be a symptom of a marsh unit that it deteriorating.
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