Lawrencetown Lake Marsh

Plant Species and Salinities of the Lawrencetown Lake Marsh (1975)

In 1975, we recorded vegetation and salinities on a transect across the Lawrencetown Lake marsh in connecton with a study of the nitrogen-fixing activity in the root zone of salt marsh plants. The portions of the paper presenting vegetation and salinity data are provided here.*

* 'We' refers to Cathy Keddy, Paul Keddy and David Patriquin,

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Text description of the vegetation

Transect Figure

Species occurrence and salinities accross the marsh

Title, abstract of paper

Menyanthes trifoliata

Approximate sighting of 1975 transect is from center of figure
on bottom to center on top (Photo on June 9, 2005).
Click on figure for a more extensive view.