In New England, Phragmites is associated with salt marsh decline. It is salt tolerant, but only to a certain degree. Your salt marsh is not getting enough salt water at high tide when Phragmites appears. Enlarged culverts and replacing old bridges in some cases is all that is required to restore a salt marsh.
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:05pm.
In New England, Phragmites is
In New England, Phragmites is associated with salt marsh decline. It is salt tolerant, but only to a certain degree. Your salt marsh is not getting enough salt water at high tide when Phragmites appears. Enlarged culverts and replacing old bridges in some cases is all that is required to restore a salt marsh.
Submitted by Anonymous on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:05pm.