Brackish marsh

[4] Examples include, arrow arum (Peltandra virginica), soft rush (Juncus effusus), cattail (Typha), and sawgrass (Cladium).

[9] For example brackish sites in Georgia, U.S., are dominated by species such as smooth cord grass (Sporobolus alterniflora), big cordgrass (Spartina cynosuroides), and black rush (Juncus roemerianus).

[4] Other communities are cabbage palm (Sabal palmetto), sand cordgrass (Spartina bakeri), black rush (Juncus roemerianus), saltgrass (Distichlis spicata, Paspalum distichum), and mixed halophytes (Batis maritima, Salicomia virginica).

[10] Along with salinity, brackish marshes face high physical stress due to flooding and wave currents creating adaptive traits within the plant community.

Similarly the surface of the marsh is covered with vegetation which is used by the nekton species for shelter, leaving enough space to move underneath between the stems.

This macro organic matter is believed to be the food source of detritivore benthic animals that support higher trophic levels.

[15] Diatoms are eukaryotic microorganisms that have a cell wall that is composed of silica and can exists in freshwater or marine environments making them good candidates for brackish marshes.

[15] Some examples of diatoms that can be found in brackish marshes are from the genera (Navicula), (Nitzschia), (Diploneis), (Cyclotella), (Cymbella), (Fragilaria), (Gyrosigma), (Tabularia), (Amphora), (Cocconeis), and many more.

[21] Examples of brown algae that have been found in brackish marshes are Fucus vesiculosus , Ascophyllum nodosum, [20] the genus Sphacelaria, [22] and many others.

Some examples of the different genera of green algae that can be found in brackish marshes are Enteromorpha, Ulothrix, Rhizoclonium, Blidingia, Percursaria, and many others.

(Julia bass) According to (Makenzie) plants in coastal marshes resist salinity by refraining from the uptake of salt via their root system.

Some examples of plants that grow in brackish marshes are Panicum hemitomon, Spartina patens, Zostera japonica, Haloxylon recurvum, Juncus roemerianus, Borrichia frutescens,[24] Schoenoplectus americanus, Distichlis spicata and many others.

[10] Brackish marsh environments are especially susceptible to human degradation; they are ideal areas for land conversion and development because they aren’t rocky and tend to be located in temperate coastal regions.

Environmental stressors from human impact have changed brackish marsh biodiversity to mainly stress-tolerant invasive grasses.

Additionally, negative consequences of climate change, such as sea level rise, will likely begin to harm brackish marsh ecosystems.