Organisms Common to the Salt Marsh and Estuaries

Common Name / Scientific Name / Taxonomic Group / Student
  1. Smooth cordgrass
/ Spartina alterniflora / Plant
  1. needlerush
/ Juncus roemerianus / plant
  1. Sea ox-eye daisy
/ Borrichia frutescens / Plant
  1. Marsh elder
/ Iva frutescens / Plant
  1. glasswort
/ Salicornia sp. / plant
  1. Salt grass
/ Distichlis spicata / plant
  1. saltwort
/ Batis maritima / plant
  1. cyanobacteria (blue-green algae)
/ Phylum Cyanobacteria / Kingdom Eubacteria,
Phylum Cyanobacteria
  1. diatoms
/ Class Bacillariophyceae / Kingdom Protista
(algae)
  1. polychaete worms
/ Class Polychaeta / Kingdom Animalia,
Phylum Annelida
  1. Blue crab
/ Callinectes sapidus / crustacean
  1. White shrimp
/ Litopenaeus setiferus / Crustacean
  1. Brown shrimp
/ Farfantepenaeus aztecus / Crustacean
  1. brown squareback crab / wharf crab
/ Sesarma cinereum / crustacean
  1. purple squareback crab
/ Sesarma reticulatum / crustacean
  1. mud crab
/ Eurytium limosum / crustacean
  1. mud fiddler crab
/ Uca pugnax / crustacean
  1. sand fiddler crab
/ Uca pugilator / crustacean
  1. red-jointed fiddler crab
/ Uca minax / crustacean
  1. Stone crab
/ Menippe mercenaria / crustacean
  1. Mud crab
/ Panopeus sp. / crustacean
  1. ribbed mussel
/ Geukensia demissa / mollusk
  1. Marsh periwinkle
/ Littorina irrorata / mollusk
  1. mud snail /marsh snail
/ Ilynassa obsoleta / mollusk
  1. coffeebean snail / mud snail
/ Melampus bidentatus / mollusk
  1. Carolina marsh clam
/ Polymesoda caroliniana / mollusk
  1. Eastern oyster
/ Crassostrea virginica / mollusk
  1. salt marsh grasshopper
/ Orchelimum fidicinium / insect
  1. planthopper
/ Prokelisia marginata / insect
  1. ant
/ Crematogaster clara / insect
  1. salt marsh mosquito
/ Aedes taeniorhynchus / insect
  1. Marsh rabbit
/ Sylvilagus palustris / mammal
  1. Raccoon
/ Procyon lotor / Mammal
  1. Mink
/ Neovison vison / Mammal
  1. Otter
/ Lutra canadensis / Mammal
  1. Marsh rice rat
/ Oryzomys palustris / Mammal
  1. Bottlenose dolphin
/ Tursiops truncatus / mammal
  1. Green heron
/ Butorides virescens / bird
  1. White ibis
/ Eudocimus albus / bird
  1. long-billed marsh wren
/ Telmatodytes palustris / bird
  1. Clapper rail or
  2. marsh hen
/ Rallus longirostris / Bird
  1. Great egret
/ Ardea alba / Bird
  1. Great blue heron
/ Ardea herodias / bird
  1. Snowy egret
/ Egrettathula / bird
  1. willet
/ Catoptrophorus semipalmatus / bird
  1. seaside sparrow
/ Ammodramus maritimus / bird
  1. American oystercatcher
/ Haematopus palliatus / bird
  1. Diamondback terrapin
/ Malaclemys terrapin / Reptile
  1. Alligator
/ Alligator mississippiensis / Reptile
  1. silver perch
/ Bairdiella chrysoura / fish
  1. black drum
/ Pogonias cromis / fish
  1. spot
/ Leiostomus xanthurus / fish
  1. Atlantic croaker
/ Micropogonias undulatus / fish
  1. Southern Flounder
/ Paralichthys lethostigma / fish
  1. Red drum
/ Sciaenops ocellatus / fish
  1. Sheepshead
/ Archosargus probatocephalus / fish
  1. Spotted sea trout *
/ Cynoscion nebulosus / fish
  1. Striped mullet
/ Mugil cephalus / fish
  1. marsh killifish
/ Fundulus confluentus / fish
  1. hardhead sea catfish
/ Ariopsis felis / fish
  1. Atlantic menhaden
/ Brevoortia tyrannus / fish
  1. striped burrfish
/ Chilomycterus schoepfi / fish