The Natural Communities of Virginia
Classification of Ecological Community Groups
SECOND APPROXIMATION (Version 2.5)
Information current as of February, 2012
TIDAL WETLANDSEcological community groups of regularly or irregularly flooded, lunar tidal wetlands and irregularly flooded, wind-tidal wetlands. Structurally and compositionally diverse vegetation is represented. In the descriptions that follow, the terms "high" and "low" marsh refer to the relative elevation of stands within the intertidal zone.
Wind-Tidal Oligohaline Marshes Tidal Mesohaline and Polyhaline Marshes Tidal Bald Cypress Forests and Woodlands High-Energy Tidal River Shores Tidal Freshwater and Oligohaline Aquatic Beds |
 Gary P. Fleming |
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Overview of VA Physiography & Vegetation
Estuarine System: TIDAL WETLANDS
- Tidal Freshwater Marshes
- Tidal Oligohaline Marshes
- Wind-Tidal Oligohaline Marshes
- Tidal Mesohaline and Polyhaline Marshes
- Tidal Shrub Swamps
- Tidal Bald Cypress Forests and Woodlands
- Tidal Hardwood Swamps
- High-Energy Tidal River Shores
- Tidal Freshwater and Oligohaline Aquatic Beds
- Tidal Mesohaline and Polyhaline Aquatic Beds
- Salt Flats
- Salt Scrub