Physical Description:
Wood Island Bay Marsh Urban Wild is an artificial landform of salt marshes and mud flats. Cord grass predominates the Urban Wild providing a good habitat for the harbor’s food chain. Ribbed mussels anchor to the roots of the cord grass. Soft shell clams thrive off dead cord grass washed up in the mudflats and tidal creeks from winter storms. Sea lavender and seaside goldenrod reside on the upper marsh. In low areas in the upper marsh, only pickle weed grows where tides leave salt water to evaporate. At the highest edge of the marsh, a fringe of fine green salt marsh hay grows. Phragmites australis, common reed, grows in disturbed areas above the level of high tide.
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