Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Coastal Salt Pond Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S2
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Crassula aquatica — shore pygmy-weed — RARE (T)
Cyperus filicinus — fern flatsedge
Elatine minima — lesser waterwort
Eleocharis parvula — dwarf spike-rush
Hydrocotyle verticillata — saltpond pennywort — RARE (T)
Limosella australis — Atlantic mudwort
Lindernia dubia — false pimpernel
Panicum virgatum — switchgrass
Phragmites australis — common reed — INVASIVE
Potamogeton spp. — pondweeds
Ptilimnium capillaceum — Mock Bishop's weed
Ranunculus cymbalaria — seaside crowfoot
Schoenoplectus pungens — common threesquare
Schoenoplectus spp. — bulrushes and threesquares
Spartina pectinata — freshwater or prairie cordgrass
Typha angustifolia — narrow-leaved cattail — INVASIVE
Zostera marina — eel grass