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Interdune Swale (Northern Mixed Grassland Type) – CEGL004117
A drawn down, seasonally flooded interdune swale near the north end of Hog Island, an Atlantic-side barrier island on the Eastern Shore in Northampton County.  Dominated by saltmeadow cordgrass (Spartina patens), with scattered maritime bushy bluestem (Andropogon tenuispatheus) and big-headed rush (Juncus megacephalus).  The Nature Conservancy Hog Island Preserve.

 © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming
Interdune Swale (Northern Mixed Grassland Type) – CEGL004117