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Interdune Pond (Coastal Water-Hyssop - White Spikerush Oligohaline Type) – CEGL006350
A massive, ten-acre, brackish interdune pond between the oceanfront dunes and Swans Cove near the south end of Assateague Island, Accomack County.  Coastal water-hyssop (Bacopa monnieri) is the dominant species, with scattered clumps of white spikerush (Eleocharis albida) also present.  Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge.

 © DCR-DNH, Gary P. Fleming
Interdune Pond (Coastal Water-Hyssop - White Spikerush Oligohaline Type) – CEGL006350