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Garden Attractions In Coastal Virginia - Eastern Shore

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Tidewater is a region of low-lying plains of southeast Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, part of the Atlantic coastal plain in the United States of America. Portions of Maryland facing the Chesapeake Bay are also given this designation. The area gains its name because of the effects of the changing tides on local rivers, sounds, and the ocean. The area is generally flat and low and composed of tidal marsh and large expanses of swamp. Much of the area is covered with pocosin and the higher areas are used for agricultural farmlands. Geographically, in North Carolina and Virginia the Tidewater area is the land between the Suffolk Scarp and the Atl...
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  • 1. Norfolk Botanical Garden Norfolk
    Phragmites is a genus of four species of large perennial grasses found in wetlands throughout temperate and tropical regions of the world. The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, maintained by Kew Garden in London, accepts the following four species: Phragmites australis Trin. ex Steud. – cosmopolitan Phragmites japonicus Steud. – Japan, Korea, Ryukyu Islands, Russian Far East Phragmites karka Trin. ex Steud. – tropical Africa, southern Asia, Australia, some Pacific Islands Phragmites mauritianus Kunth – central + southern Africa, Madagascar, Mauritius
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