Healthy Lakes and Wetlands For Tomorrow - Species at Risk

NEW JERSEY RUSH
Found along the edges of small bays
or coves of bogs and fens and in
small boggy openings in coniferous
woods. Requires open conditions
and moderate disturbance.
Found in wet areas but does not
grow well in prolonged standing
water.
Sensitive to changing water levels
and negatively affected by events
such as site drainage or flooding.
R. Newell
GOLDEN CREST
In addition to lake shorelines, this
species is found in bogs and fens.
Tends to grow in waterlogged and
seasonally flooded areas.
Associated with Twigrush (pg 11).
ESTUARINE HABITAT
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ESTUARIES
Estuaries are biologically productive regions where rivers and near-shore ocean waters
meet and create a mixing of freshwater and saltwater. They contain species that are
specially adapted to living in brackish conditions and changing water levels.
EASTERN LILAEOPSIS
The only Atlantic Coastal Plain Flora species at risk found in estuaries.
Located in the intertidal zone, mainly on gentle, muddy slopes, and occasionally on
gentle slopes of fine gravel. Associated with Saltwater Cordgrass.
May be submerged under two meters of water for part of each day.
Generally found in estuaries with a long, narrow, rectangular shape.
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Eastern Lilaeopsis growing under Saltwater Cordgrass.
M. Crowley