Dartford Freshwater Marshes
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Dartford Freshwater Marshes
Image: © David Leeming Taken: 12 May 2011
The Dartford Freshwater Marshes contains some of the wettest and ecologically most valuable parts of the surviving Dartford Marshes. Here the SW corner of the marsh alongside the embankment of the tidal River Darent contains extensive areas of permanent standing water. These wetland areas include a substantial reedbed (Phragmites australis), or stands of tall emergent vegetation such as reedmace (Typha latifolia), sedges (Carex spp), rushes (Juncus), burr reed (Sparganium erectum) or canary grass (Phalaris arundinacea).
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Image Location
Latitude
51.455327
Longitude
0.213099