New Jersey Meadowlands
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New Jersey Meadowlands, also known as the Hackensack Meadowlands after the main river flowing through it, is a general name for a large ecosystem of wetlands in northeastern New Jersey in the United S
19th century.
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Sporobolus pumilus
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Sporobolus pumilus, the saltmeadow cordgrass, also known as salt hay, is a species of cordgrass native to the Atlantic coast of the Americas, from Newfoundland south along the eastern United States to
New Jersey Meadowlands
…settlers (17th century) cleared the forests and used dikes to drain the land. The Dutch farmers used the drained tidal lands to create "meadows" of salt hay; hence, the area was referred to by locals as the Meadows. In more recent times, the Meadowlands became known for being the site of large landfills and…
Newburyport Meadows, c. 1872–1878, by Martin Johnson Heade
Sporobolus pumilus in a high marsh area