Healthy Salt Marsh, Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts (IMAGE)

Marine Biological Laboratory

Healthy Salt Marsh, Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts

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Healthy salt marsh creeks at Plum Island Estuary, Massachusetts, are lined with lush, smooth cordgrass. The plant's below-ground roots and above-ground leaves build and maintain salt marshes.

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David S. Johnson/MBL

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