Hog Island and Brownsville Marsh

PLANTS:

 

scientific name	common name	info available
Ulva latuca	Sea lettuce	basic info
Spartina alternaflora		basic info, physical description, typical habitat
Spartina patens		basic info, physical description, typical habitat
Iva frutescens		basic info
Myrica cerifera	Waxed myrtle	basic info, physical description, typical habitat, bio. Characteristics
Carex typhina	Cat-tail sedge	basic info
Salicornia bigelovii	dwarf glasswort	basic info, physical description, typical habitat
Salicornia europaea	glasswort	basic info, physical description, typical habitat, bio char
Salicornia virginica	woody glasswort	basic info, physical description, typical habitat
Ilex opaca	American holly	basic info
Coduim fragile	Medusa's hair	NA
Cedars		NA
Live Oaks		NA
Needle Rush		NA
Phragmites

 

FISH:

scientific name common name info available

Menidia menidia	Atlantic silverside	basic info, natural history
Menticirrhus americanus	Southern kingfish	basic info
Fundulus majalis	Striped killifish	basic info
Cyprinodan variegatus	Sheepshead minnow	basic info

Mullet

Others:

scientific name common name info available

Modiolus demissus	Ribbed mussel	NA
Aromia simplex	Jingle shell	basic info
Busycon carica	Knobbed whelk	NA
Cyrtopleura costata	False angel wing	NA
Lunatia heros	Northern moonshell	NA
Caretta caretta	Loggerhead turtle	basic info
Ensis directus	Common razor clam	NA
Mercinaria mercinaria	Hard shelled clam	NA
Ovalipes ocellatus	Lady crab	basic info
Echinarahnius parma	Sandollar	NA
Limulus polyphemus	Atlantic horseshoe crab	NA
	Stone crab
Uca pugnax	Atlantic marsh fiddler	physical desription, bio. Char
Callinectes sapidus	Blue crab	basic info
Libinia emarginata	Spider crab	NA
Spisula solidissima	Surf clam	NA
Terrapin  Mermaid's Purse  Whelk egg case