Willow swamp or batture community , dominated by Salix nigra . A batture community colonizes open areas along waterways, or on newly deposited or newly exposed areas near water. Land Beach is an unvegetated area adjacent to open water that is subject to direct wave action at some time during the daily tidal cycle or during average storm surges. This can be sand, shell, organic, or a mixture of sediment types. This area is unlikely to permanently support vegetation because of frequent reworking by wave action.
Most colonization occurs on the upper beach area less frequently affected by waves.
Dune is an area above the high water line formed by aeolian deposition of sand into ridges or hummocks. Bare land encompasses the areas that are unvegetated and not normally subject to direct wave action. It may be adjacent to open water but in a more sheltered orientation not subject to active wave reworking. Usually it indicates areas of fresh, deposited dredged material or recent natural sediment deposition. It may include areas of sparse plant colonizations that may become either upland or marsh.