Conclusions about the Piney Point Tract Piney Point is being affected by sea level rise at an increasing rate.  The impacts are being seen in the forested communities and marsh communities in particular.  Human created communities have decreased overall but…

Piney Point Tract Forest Six forested communities are present within the Piney Point Tract (Figure 1, Table 1).  Historically Early to Mid-Successional Loblolly Pine Forest was the most common forest followed by Chesapeake Bay Nonriverine Wet Hardwood Forest.  At the current…

Overview of Vegetation Community/Land Cover Maps Maps used in the analysis of the changes in the Piney Point Tract of Assawoman Wildlife Area are below (Figures 1-4).  Vegetation Community names follow the Guide to Delaware Vegetation Communities/Land Covers¹, which closely follows…

  Piney Point Tract of Assawoman Wildlife Area This post outlines a series starting today on the Piney Point Tract of Assawoman Wildlife Area in Delaware. This tract was covered in the Assawoman Wildlife Area report from 2011, which covered…

Overview of Mercury Marsh Mercury marsh is the rarest of the Reed Tidal Marsh signatures in 2007 aerial imagery.  It is often at the edges of ditches and tidal creeks and has a liquid mercury appearance, hence the name.  The…