Pioneer Flora
Examples of the plants and organism that colonize such areas are:
- Barren sand - Lyme grass (Leymus arenarius), Sea couch grass (Agropyron pungens), Marram grass (Ammophila breviligulata)
- Salt water - green algae, Marine eel grass (Zostera spp.), Pickleweed (Salicornia virginica), and Cordgrass (hybrid Spartina × townsendii) and (Spartina anglica).
- Clear water - algae, mosses, Freshwater eel grass (Vallisneria americana).
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