Search Natural Areas Foreword Natural Areas & Their Role Natural Area Boundaries Marine Natural Areas Greater Thames Estuary Introduction Key nature conservation features of National Significance Coastal and floodplain grazing marsh Coastal saltmarsh Earth heritage Fen, marsh and swamp Littoral sediment Reedbeds Saline lagoons Key nature conservation features of Local Significance Coastal sand dunes Coastal vegetated shingle Inshore sublittoral sediment Maritime cliff and slopes

Greater Thames Estuary   Habitat: Coastal saltmarsh (of national significance)   Intertidal vegetation on soft sediments, consisting of salt-tolerant plants, able to withstand regularly submersion by seawater.     Copyright    Privacy    Freedom of information    Directgov