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Dundalk Bay, the Glossary

Dundalk Bay (Cuan Dhún Dealgan) is a large (33 km2), exposed estuary on the east coast of Ireland.^[1]

34 relations: Armeria maritima, Atriplex prostrata, Bivalvia, Cakile maritima, Castletown River, Cochlearia officinalis, Crustacean, Daucus carota, Eryngium maritimum, Estuary, Festuca rubra, Glaucium flavum, Halimione portulacoides, Honckenya, Intertidal zone, Ireland, Juncus gerardii, Leymus arenarius, Mudflat, Plantago maritima, Polychaete, Puccinellia maritima, Ramsar Convention, Ramsar site, River, River Dee (Ireland), River Fane, River Glyde, Salicornia, Salt marsh, Sea beet, Special Area of Conservation, Sporobolus anglicus, Tripleurospermum maritimum.
Bays of the Irish Sea
Bays of the Republic of Ireland
Estuaries of Ireland
Landforms of County Louth
Ramsar sites in the Republic of Ireland

Armeria maritima

Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae.

Atriplex prostrata, called the spear-leaved orache, hastate orache, thin-leaf orache, triangle orache, and fat hen, is a widespread species of flowering plant in the saltbush genus Atriplex, native to Europe, Macaronesia, northern Africa, Ethiopia, the Middle East, western Siberia, and Central Asia, and introduced to temperate North America, South America, Australia, New Zealand, Korea, Japan, and Primorsky Krai in far eastern Russia.

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Bivalvia

Bivalvia, in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts.

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Cakile maritima

Cakile maritima, sea rocket (Britain and Ireland)Clive Stace, New Flora of the British Isles 4th edition 2019, p 441 or European searocket (North America), is a common plant in the mustard family Brassicaceae.

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Castletown River

The Castletown River is a river which flows through the town of Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.

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Cochlearia officinalis

Cochlearia officinalis, common scurvygrass, scurvy-grass, or spoonwort, is a species of flowering plant in the family Brassicaceae.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans are a group of arthropods that are a part of the subphylum Crustacea, a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthropods including decapods (shrimps, prawns, crabs, lobsters and crayfish), seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, opossum shrimps, amphipods and mantis shrimp.

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Daucus carota

Daucus carota, whose common names include wild carrot, European wild carrot, bird's nest, bishop's lace, and Queen Anne's lace (North America), is a flowering plant in the family Apiaceae.

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Eryngium maritimum

Eryngium maritimum, the sea holly or sea eryngo, or sea eryngium, is a perennial species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and native to most European coastlines.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Festuca rubra

Festuca rubra is a species of grass known by the common name red fescue, creeping red fescue or the rush-leaf fescue.

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Glaucium flavum

Glaucium flavum, the yellow horned poppy, yellow hornpoppy or sea poppy, is a summer flowering plant in the family Papaveraceae.

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Halimione portulacoides

Halimione portulacoides, commonly known as sea purslane, is a shrub found in Eurasia.

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Honckenya

Honckenya peploides, the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada), is the only species in the genus Honckenya of the plant family Caryophyllaceae.

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Intertidal zone

The intertidal zone or foreshore is the area above water level at low tide and underwater at high tide; in other words, it is the part of the littoral zone within the tidal range.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Juncus gerardii

Juncus gerardii, commonly known as blackgrass, black needle rush or saltmarsh rush, is a flowering plant in the rush family Juncaceae.

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Leymus arenarius

Leymus arenarius is a psammophilic (sand-loving) species of grass in the family Poaceae, native to the coasts of Atlantic and Northern Europe.

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Mudflat

Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers.

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Plantago maritima

Plantago maritima, the sea plantain, seaside plantain or goose tongue, is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family Plantaginaceae.

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Polychaete

Polychaeta is a paraphyletic class of generally marine annelid worms, commonly called bristle worms or polychaetes.

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Puccinellia maritima

Puccinellia maritima is a species of grass known by the common names including seaside alkaligrass, common saltmarsh-grass or sea poa grass.

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Ramsar Convention

The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).

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Ramsar site

A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,.

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River

A river is a natural flowing freshwater stream, flowing on land or inside caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river.

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River Dee (Ireland)

The River Dee (An Níth) is a river in eastern Ireland, flowing from County Cavan to flow into the River Glyde near the coast, in County Louth.

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River Fane

The River Fane (Abhainn Átha Féan) is a river flowing from County Monaghan to Dundalk Bay in County Louth, Ireland.

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River Glyde

The River Glyde (an Casán) is a river in eastern Ireland, flowing from County Cavan to County Louth.

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Salicornia

Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophytic (salt tolerant) flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves.

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Salt marsh

A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides.

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Sea beet

The sea beet, Beta vulgaris subsp.

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Special Area of Conservation

A special area of conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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Sporobolus anglicus

Sporobolus anglicus (common cordgrass) is a hybrid-derived species of cordgrass that originated in southern England in about 1870 and is a neonative species in Britain.

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Tripleurospermum maritimum

Tripleurospermum maritimum (syn. Matricaria maritima) is a species of flowering plant in the aster family commonly known as false mayweed or sea mayweed.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dundalk_Bay

Dundalk Bay, the Glossary

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See also

Bays of the Irish Sea

Bays of the Republic of Ireland

Estuaries of Ireland

Landforms of County Louth

Ramsar sites in the Republic of Ireland

References