A Salt Marsh. Coyote deer and raccoons roam around marsh edges to forage for food look for raccoons. They are marshy because the soil may be composed of deep mud and peat.
Salt marshes are coastal wetlands which are flooded and drained by tides. A salt marsh is a complicated ecosystem made up of different food chains that overlap to form a food web. The salt marsh definition states that a salt marsh is a wetland that is created on the coast by tides.
Using the text and the student notes work together as a class to come up with a definition of a salt marsh such as a wetland with many grasses and quiet salt waters Explain to the students that they will be researching more information about the salt marsh environment in the next session.
A salt marsh may also be known as a tidal marsh or a coastal salt marsh. A field biologist checks the belly of a live salt marsh harvest mouse to confirm its species identification. A salt marsh may also be known as a tidal marsh or a coastal salt marsh. Mark Statham UC.
