Hog Island and Brownsville Marsh
PLANTS:
scientific name | common name | info available |
Ulva latuca | Sea lettuce | basic info |
Spartina alternaflora | basic info, physical description, typical habitat | |
Spartina patens | basic info, physical description, typical habitat | |
Iva frutescens | basic info | |
Myrica cerifera | Waxed myrtle | basic info, physical description, typical habitat, bio. Characteristics |
Carex typhina | Cat-tail sedge | basic info |
Salicornia bigelovii | dwarf glasswort | basic info, physical description, typical habitat |
Salicornia europaea | glasswort | basic info, physical description, typical habitat, bio char |
Salicornia virginica | woody glasswort | basic info, physical description, typical habitat |
Ilex opaca | American holly | basic info |
Coduim fragile | Medusa's hair | NA |
Cedars | NA | |
Live Oaks | NA | |
Needle Rush | NA | |
Phragmites |
FISH:
scientific name common name info available
Menidia menidia | Atlantic silverside | basic info, natural history |
Menticirrhus americanus | Southern kingfish | basic info |
Fundulus majalis | Striped killifish | basic info |
Cyprinodan variegatus | Sheepshead minnow | basic info |
Others:
scientific name common name info available
Modiolus demissus | Ribbed mussel | NA |
Aromia simplex | Jingle shell | basic info |
Busycon carica | Knobbed whelk | NA |
Cyrtopleura costata | False angel wing | NA |
Lunatia heros | Northern moonshell | NA |
Caretta caretta | Loggerhead turtle | basic info |
Ensis directus | Common razor clam | NA |
Mercinaria mercinaria | Hard shelled clam | NA |
Ovalipes ocellatus | Lady crab | basic info |
Echinarahnius parma | Sandollar | NA |
Limulus polyphemus | Atlantic horseshoe crab | NA |
Stone crab | ||
Uca pugnax | Atlantic marsh fiddler | physical desription, bio. Char |
Callinectes sapidus | Blue crab | basic info |
Libinia emarginata | Spider crab | NA |
Spisula solidissima | Surf clam | NA |
Terrapin
Mermaid's Purse Whelk egg case |
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