Wind-Tidal Oligohaline Marsh (Creeping Spikerush - Bull-Tongue Arrowhead Type) - CEGL004628

Bull-tongue arrowhead (Sagittaria lancifolia var. meadia), pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata var. cordata), and scattered swamp rose-mallow (Hibiscus moscheutos) in a wind-tidal oligohaline marsh along the North Landing River near the old Pungo Ferry, City of Virginia Beach.  Dense mats of creeping spikerush (Eleocharis fallax) are hidden beneath the taller vegetation.