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Fire is more common in the coastal plain than in the adjoining piedmont.
Marsh communities, despite their wet habitat, are nonetheless subject to major changes under impact by fire. In salt marshes, fire may change a marshhay cordgrass community to one dominated by salt marsh bulrush or Olney bulrush. Throughout the coastal plain, greater fire frequency and intensity decrease humus accumulation and lead to fire-stabilized upland and lowland communities.