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One of the oldest handcrafts of African origin in the United States is the hand-woven winnowing sieve, a shallow basket that was used during the Colonia Era to separate the rice seed from its chaff. Made from indigenous bulrush, sweetgrass is a strong yet supple marsh grass that thrives in the sandy soil of the coastal regions of the US South Atlantic.
Gullah sweetgrass basket
Found in and around aquatic or wetland habitats, this grass is avoided by grazing feral horses on Assateague Island, Maryland, in favor of Spartina alterniflora.
Distichlis spicata (Coastal Salt Grass)
Conceptual diagram illustrating natural resources found on Assateague Island. Assateague Island provides critical habitat for many unique plants and animals.
Assateague Island and Natural Resources, USA
Conceptual diagram illustrating different monitoring activities implemented on Assateague Island to track changing habitats. Monitoring activities - which are habitat specific - include water quality, seagrass area, salt marsh nekton survey, surface elevation table, plover nests and fledgling success, upland elevation change, shoreline rate of change, and beach topography.
Monitoring Activities to Track Changing Habitats…
Illustration of a man doing the salt marsh nekton survey.
Monitoring: salt marsh nekton survey
Illustration of a technician using a Surface Elevation Table (SET).
Monitoring: surface elevation table
Diagram showing condition of habitats on Assateague Island.
Diagram showing condition of habitats on…
Diagram showing the habitats of Assateague Island in cross-section.
Diagram showing the habitats of Assateague Island…
Woodland area of the coast of Oregon in the United States.
Coastal Woodland
This Salt Marsh was found in Coastal oregon.
Oregon Wetlands
Salt Marsh, found in coastal Oregon.
Oregon Wetlands
This Salt Marsh was found in Coastal oregon.
Oregon Wetlands
Grassy, rocky shoreline
Marshy coast

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