Marsh definition
Marsh means, consistent with R.I. Gen. Laws § 2-1-20(10), a place wholly or partly within the State of Rhode Island where a vegetational community shall exist in standing or running water during the growing season and/or shall be made up of one (1) or more of, but not limited to nor necessarily including all of the following plants or groups of plants: hydrophytic reeds (Phragmites), grasses (Gramineae), mannagrasses (Glyceria), cutgrasses (Leersia), pickerelweeds (Pontederiaceae), sedges (Cyperaceae), rushes (Juncaceae), cattails (Typha), water plantains (Alismataceae), burreeds (Sparganiaceae), pondweeds (Zosteraceae), frog's bits (Hydrocharitaceae), arums (Araceae), duckweeds (Lemnaceae), water lilies (Nymphaeaceae), water-milfoils (Haloragaceae), water-starworts (Callitrichaceae), bladderworts (Utricularia), pipeworts (Eriocaulon), sweet gale (Myrica gale), and buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis).
Marsh means a frequently or continually inundated area of saturated soils characterized by emergent reeds, grasses, and sedges;
Marsh means an area permanently inundated by water less than six feet deep and occupied predominantly by an emergent wetland vegetation community.
Examples of Marsh in a sentence
Palo Alto PD - 275 Forest Ave., between Bryant and Ramona St. (rear of PA City Hall) North - East edge of Menlo Park City Limits adjoin - 1000 Block Marsh Road, US 101, West side of Haven Ave.
More Definitions of Marsh
Marsh means a frequently or continually inundated area of saturated soils
Marsh means a wetland which is permanently submerged or has intermittent aquatic plant life where dominant vegetation is nonwoody plants such as grasses and sedges.
Marsh means a low flat wetland area on which the vegetation consists mainly of herbaceous plants such as cattails, bulrushes, tules, sedges, skunk cabbage or other hydrophytic plants. Shallow water usually stands on a marsh, at least during part of the year.
Marsh means a watercourse that is distinguished by the absence of trees and shrubs and the dominance of soft-stemmed herbaceous plants. The water table in marshes is at or above the ground surface throughout the year and areas of open water six inches or more in depth are common, but seasonal water table fluctuations are encountered.
Marsh means grassland with the potential to retain high spring water levels in ditches so as to create field wetness or to allow shallow pools to develop;
Marsh means an area normally covered with shallow water subject to seasonal variations which contains an association of herbaceous, soft-stemmed plants recognized as marsh vegetation. Typical examples of marsh species include, but are not limited to bulrush, cattails, marsh fern, royal fern, sensitive fern, soft rush, tussock sedge, wool- grass and yellow loosestrife.
Marsh means Marsh, Berry & Company, Inc.