Wetland with <em>Phragmites</em> (IMAGE)

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Wetland with <em>Phragmites</em>

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This Maryland wetland is covered with invasive Phragmites reeds, light-brown stalks that grow taller than native grasses. However, marshes and other coastal ecosystems excel at storing "blue carbon," and some invasive plants like Phragmites could more than double this ability.

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Gary Peresta/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center

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