Some Common Plants of Upper Newport Bay
Cordgrass  (Spartina foliosa)
Plant: Perennial with creeping scaly rhizomes (roots), and numerous spike like flower clusters.  It grows in the mud between low and high tides and can reach a height of four feet when mature.  It tolerates high salinity by excreting salt through glands on the leaf surfaces. Provides a good nesting place for the Clapper Rail.
Plant: North Star Beach - 17-Jul-02
Date: 10/27/2003