A thirty seven year comparison of vegetation of three abandoned rice fields, Georgetown county, South Carolina.The vascular plant species at three brackish brack·ish adj. 1. Having a somewhat salty taste, especially from containing a mixture of seawater and fresh water: "You could cut the brackish winds with a knife/Here in Nantucket" marshes at the Belle W. Baruch Belle W. Baruch was the daughter of financier Bernard Baruch. Her legacy is preserved in the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research established on Hobcaw Barony Institute for Marine Biology and Coastal Research, Georgetown, South Carolina Georgetown is the third oldest city in South Carolina and the county seat of Georgetown County. Located on Winyah Bay at the confluence of the Great Pee Dee River, Waccamaw River, and Sampit River, Georgetown is the second largest seaport in South Carolina, handling over 960,000 were sampled and compared over a 37 year period, 1967-2004. The institute experienced a category 4 hurricane, Hurricane Hugo, on September 22, 1989. The number of vascular plant species decreased immediately after Hugo in the least saline marshes, the Airport Marsh and Alderly. The number of taxa taxa: see taxon. at Alderly has recovered while there has been no change in the number of species at the Airport marsh since Hugo. Phragmites has invaded Airport Marsh and Alderly and may exclude vascular plant species there. The number of species at Alderly was little changed in thirty seven years. |
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