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Dyke Marsh, the Glossary

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Dyke Marsh is a freshwater wetland and wildlife preserve located on the west bank of the Potomac River south of Alexandria, Virginia between Old Town Alexandria and Mount Vernon.[1]

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  1. 38 relations: Alexandria, Virginia, Ampelopsis glandulosa, Anseriformes, Beaver, Birdwatching, Cottontail rabbit, Dredging, Eastern gray squirrel, Erosion, Floodplain, George Washington Memorial Parkway, Levee, Little brown bat, Lonicera japonica, Lythrum salicaria, Mount Vernon Trail, Mount Vernon, Virginia, Muskrat, National Park Service, Nature reserve, Northern Virginia trolleys, Phragmites australis, Potomac River, Pterostichus sculptus, Red fox, Red-winged blackbird, Sagittaria, Shrew, Smithsonian Libraries and Archives, Tidal marsh, Tide, Typha, Virginia, Vole, Washington metropolitan area, Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area, Wetland, Wild rice.

  2. George Washington Memorial Parkway
  3. Marshes of Virginia
  4. Potomac River watershed

Alexandria, Virginia

Alexandria is an independent city in the northern region of the Commonwealth of Virginia, United States.

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Ampelopsis glandulosa

Ampelopsis glandulosa, with common names creeper, porcelain berry, Amur peppervine, and wild grape, is an ornamental plant, native to temperate areas of Asia including China, Japan, India, Nepal, Myanmar, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

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Anseriformes

Anseriformes is an order of birds also known as waterfowl that comprises about 180 living species of birds in three families: Anhimidae (three species of screamers), Anseranatidae (the magpie goose), and Anatidae, the largest family, which includes over 170 species of waterfowl, among them the ducks, geese, and swans.

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Beaver

Beavers (genus Castor) are large, semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Birdwatching

Birdwatching, or birding, is the observing of birds, either as a recreational activity or as a form of citizen science.

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Cottontail rabbit

Cottontail rabbits are in the Sylvilagus genus, which is in the Leporidae family.

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Dredging

Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment.

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Eastern gray squirrel

The eastern gray squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), also known, particularly outside of North America, as simply the grey squirrel, is a tree squirrel in the genus Sciurus.

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Erosion

Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust and then transports it to another location where it is deposited.

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Floodplain

A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river.

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George Washington Memorial Parkway

The George Washington Memorial Parkway, colloquially the G.W. Parkway, is a limited-access parkway that runs along the south bank of the Potomac River from Mount Vernon, Virginia, northwest to McLean, Virginia, and is maintained by the National Park Service (NPS).

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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Little brown bat

The little brown bat or little brown myotis (Myotis lucifugus) is an endangered species of mouse-eared microbat found in North America.

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Lonicera japonica

Lonicera japonica, known as Japanese honeysuckle and golden-and-silver honeysuckle, is a species of honeysuckle native to East Asia, including many parts of China.

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Lythrum salicaria

Lythrum salicaria or purple loosestrifeFlora of NW Europe: is a flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae.

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Mount Vernon Trail

The Mount Vernon Trail (MVT) is an long shared use path that travels along the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Northern Virginia between Rosslyn and George Washington's home at Mount Vernon.

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Mount Vernon, Virginia

Mount Vernon is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States.

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Muskrat

The muskrat (Ondatra zibethicus) is a medium-sized semiaquatic rodent native to North America and an introduced species in parts of Europe, Asia and South America.

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National Park Service

The National Park Service (NPS) is an agency of the United States federal government, within the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Nature reserve

A nature reserve (also known as a wildlife refuge, wildlife sanctuary, biosphere reserve or bioreserve, natural or nature preserve, or nature conservation area) is a protected area of importance for flora, fauna, funga, or features of geological or other special interest, which is reserved and managed for purposes of conservation and to provide special opportunities for study or research.

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Northern Virginia trolleys

The Northern Virginia trolleys were the network of electric streetcars that moved people around the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., from 1892 to 1941.

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Phragmites australis

Phragmites australis, known as the common reed, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae.

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Potomac River

The Potomac River is a major river in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States that flows from the Potomac Highlands in West Virginia to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. Dyke Marsh and Potomac River are Potomac River watershed.

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Pterostichus sculptus

Pterostichus sculptus is a species of woodland ground beetle in the family Carabidae.

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Red fox

The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere including most of North America, Europe and Asia, plus parts of North Africa.

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Red-winged blackbird

The red-winged blackbird (Agelaius phoeniceus) is a passerine bird of the family Icteridae found in most of North America and much of Central America.

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Sagittaria

Sagittaria is a genus of about 30, Flora of North America species of aquatic plants whose members go by a variety of common names, including arrowhead, duck potato, swamp potato, tule potato, and wapato.

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Shrew

Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in the order Eulipotyphla.

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Smithsonian Libraries and Archives

Smithsonian Libraries and Archives is an institutional archives and library system comprising 21 branch libraries serving the various Smithsonian Institution museums and research centers.

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Tidal marsh

A tidal marsh (also known as a type of "tidal wetland") is a marsh found along rivers, coasts and estuaries which floods and drains by the tidal movement of the adjacent estuary, sea or ocean.

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Tide

Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.

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Typha

Typha is a genus of about 30 species of monocotyledonous flowering plants in the family Typhaceae.

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Virginia

Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Vole

Voles are small rodents that are relatives of lemmings and hamsters, but with a stouter body; a longer, hairy tail; a slightly rounder head; smaller eyes and ears; and differently formed molars (high-crowned with angular cusps instead of low-crowned with rounded cusps).

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Washington metropolitan area

The Washington metropolitan area, also referred to as the D.C. area, Greater Washington, the National Capital Region, or locally as the DMV (short for District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia), is the metropolitan area centered around Washington, D.C., the federal capital of the United States.

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Washington–Baltimore combined statistical area

The Washington–Baltimore combined metropolitan statistical area is a statistical area, including the overlapping metropolitan areas of Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.

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Wetland

A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally for a shorter periods.

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Wild rice

Wild rice, called Canada rice, Indian rice, or water oats, is any of four species of grasses that form the genus Zizania, and the grain that can be harvested from them.

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See also

George Washington Memorial Parkway

Marshes of Virginia

Potomac River watershed

References

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

Also known as Dyke Marsh Wildlife Preserve.