A marsh of saline water, found in the intertidal zone between land and sea, characterized by halophytic plants such as grasses and sedges adapted to periodic flooding with salt water.

plural of salt marsh

Saltmeadow cordgrass, Spartina patens, a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south to the Caribbean and northeast Mexico.

plural of salt marsh hay

plural of salt-marsh caterpillar

The hairy larva of an arctiid moth.

plural of salt-marsh terrapin

The diamondback (Malacoclemmys palustris).