Ninigret Salt Pond

Physical Characteristics

Below is a checklist of organisms found in the Ninigret Salt Pond. Some are harder to find than others, and some are only in the pond at certain times of the year.The organisms that we found on our field trip are marked with an asterisk (*).

FISH
Killifish*
Mummichog*
Needlefish*
Sheepshead Minnow*
Silversides		 INVERTEBRATES
Blue Crab*
Comb Jelly*
Gooseberry*
Green Crabs*
Hard-Shelled Clams*
Hermit Crab*
Horseshoe Crab*
Lady Crab*
Moon Jelly*
Eastern Oyster
Bay Scallop
Soft-Shelled Clam
Spider Crab*		 MAMMALS
Chipmunk
Coyote
Raccoon
Red Fox
Skunk
Squirrel
White-Tail Deer
Humans*
PLANTS
Northern Bayberry*
Wild Beach Rose*
Common Reed*
Eelgrass*
Poison Ivy*		 ALGAE
Green Fleece or
  Dead Man's Fingers*
Gracilaria*		 BIRDS
Great Blue Heron
Gulls*
Muted Swan
Snowy Egrets*
Red-Wing Blackbird*

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