| Algae |
Simple single-celled or multicellular photosynthesizing organisms, typically located in water or wet areas. Similar to plants, but usually lacking true roots, stems or leaves. |
| Annual |
Life cycle of a plant that is completed in one season or one year. |
| Axil |
The angle between a leaf or stem and the supporting stem or branch from which it arises. |
| Bacteria |
A group of microscopic organisms, most of which survive by breaking down dead plant or animal matter. |
| Biennial |
Life cycle of a plant that lasts for two growing seasons. |
| Brackish Marsh |
A marsh flooded regularly or irregularly by water with low salt content. |
| Cultivated |
Plants that are grown by people; plants that survive only due to care and attention provided by people. |
| Deciduous |
A plant whose leaves fall off at the end of its growing season. |
| Decompose |
To decay or rot as a result of being broken down by microorganisms. |
| Diatoms |
Any of the many species of microscopic, single-celled algae that inhabit marine or freshwater habitats and have cell walls made out of silica. |
| Ebbs |
The movement of the tide towards the sea. |
| Ecosystem |
A natural living system produced by the interactions between organisms and their environment. |
| Estuary |
An ecosystem formed where the mouth of a river meets the ocean, causing the merging of fresh and salt water. |
| Herbaceous |
Not woody, and typically dying down to the ground at the end of each growing season. |
| High Marsh |
A marsh flooded irregularly, typically by spring tides or storm surges. |
| Hip |
A fleshy or leathery hollow fruit with seeds attached to the inside; the name given to the fruit of Rose species. |
| Indigenous |
Originating in and native to a particular region. |
| Invertebrates |
Animals without a backbone. |
| Leaflet |
A single section of a compound leaf. |
| Lobed |
Having indentations on the margins, producing rounded projections. Typically applied to a petal or leaf. |
| Lower Marsh |
A salt marsh flooded daily by the tides. |
| Perennial |
Life cycle of a plant that continues for more than two growing seasons. |
| Plankton |
Tiny plants, animals and other organisms that drift freely in the waters of oceans, rivers, lakes and ponds. |
| Salinity |
The concentration of salt in the water. |
| Salt Marsh |
A marsh subject to repeated flooding with salt or brackish tidal waters. |
| Scale |
A leaf that is small, thin, and flat, often dry and frequently difficult to distinguish as a true leaf. |
| Submerged |
Under water; typically applied to plants that can survive under the water either part or full time. |
| Tidal Creek |
A channel in a salt water marsh through which the tidal waters ebb and flow.. |
| Toothed |
An edge with triangular projections resembling teeth, typically applied to leaf margins and sometimes petals. |
| Twig |
The end subdivision of a branch. |
| Upland |
Used to describe ground that is elevated along a low wetland area. |
| Whorl |
A circle of three or more leaves around a stem. Also used to describe a circle of petals on a flower. |
| Zonation |
The distribution of different plant and animal communities over a certain area in response to different environmental conditions. |
| Zooplankton |
The tiny animals that make up a portion of the plankton |
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