Plants and sprigs should be inserted by hand in holes made in soft, fine-textured soils. Fertilizers
should contain equal quantities of available nitrogen and phosphate.
Pickleweed (Salicornia spp.). From mean high water to extreme high tide, va-rious species of
pickleweed can be used upslope of Pacific cordgrass. Pickleweed will spread both by seeds and
vegetatively (by rhizomes and tillers) but because it is shallowrooted, it is probably not as useful for
stabilization as Pacific cordgrass. Pickleweed may be easily established by seeding or by transplanted
peat-pot seedlings, and in fact, often invades disturbed surfaces during the first growing season.
Sedge (Carex lvngbgei). Sedge marshes are usually found in areas such as river deltas where
silty soils exist. They grow above the mean tide level and are not especially salt tolerant. The plant may
respond to nitrogen and phosphorous under deficient conditions. It appears to be one of the best marsh
plants available in the Pacific Northwest.
Tufted Hair Grass (Deschampsia caespitosa). This plant predominates in high marshes subject to
flooding only by higher high tides. It is a good sediment accumulator and stabilizer once established. It
is generally easy to transplant and quick to establish. Fertilizers should be applied where nutrient
deficiencies are suspected.
Arrowgrass (Triglochlin maritima). This plant will frequently invade and colonize disturbed
marshes, trapping sediments and debris and helping to create a substrate for other plants. Planting should
follow the method described for sedges.
Great Lakes Marshes
Marshes of the Great Lakes are generally limited in extent, and confined primarily to the protected
shores of bays and inlets of Lakes Huron and Michigan. Establishing fresh water marshes may not
provide as satisfactory a level of erosion prevention as saltwater marshes. The landowner interested in
establishing fresh water marshes should consider the common reed, rushes (Scirpus spp. ) such as spike
rush, bulrush, and great bulrush, and, in some
Planting specifications for several selected species are given in Table E-2.
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