Florida Outdoors Salt Marsh Salt marshes occur along Florida's coastline in intertidal zones where there is low wave energy. The most extensive salt marshes are found in areas where the land exhibits little relief. Among the most productive habitats in the world, and as such, provide food and habitat to a wide range of marine species.
Tidal mud flats, sandbars, and oyster bars commonly occur in salt marshes.
In many instances, this is where birders are likely to see the birds of the area since they are prime feeding sites for the wading birds and their allies. Black needle rush and smooth cordgrass are the two most abundant plants of the salt marsh. Generally, the two species grow in distinctly zones. Smooth cordgrass occurs in a monospecific ban close to the open waters of the numerous tidal channels common is Florida's salt marshes. Black needle rush, which also grows in single species stands, is the dominant high marsh plant.