N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-6.4

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 11, June 3, 2024

Section 7:50-6.4 - Coastal wetlands

(a) Coastal wetlands are banks, low-lying marshes, swamps, meadows, flats, and other lowlands subject to tidal inundation which support or are capable of supporting one or more of the following plants:

1. Salt meadowgrass (Spartina patens);

2. Spike grass (Distichlis spicata);

3. Black grass (Juncus gerardi);

4. Saltmarsh grass (Spartina alterniflora);

5. Saltworts (Salicornia europaea and Salicornia bigelovii);

6. Sea lavender (Limonium carolinianum);

7. Saltmarsh bulrushes (Scirpus robustus and Scirpus paludosus var, atlanticus);

8. Sand spurrey (Spergularia marina);

9. Switch grass (Panicum virgatum);

10. Tall cordgrass (Spartina pectinata);

11. Hightide bush (Iva frutescens var, oraria);

12. Cattails (Typha angustifolia and Typha iatifolia);

13. Spike rush (Eleocharis rostellata);

14. Chairmaker's rush (Scirpus americanus);

15. Bent grass (Argostis palustris);

16. Sweet grass (Hierochloe odorata);

17. Wild rice (Zizania aquatica);

18. Olney's threesquare (Scirpus olneyi);

19. Marsh mallow (Hibiscus palustris);

20. Salt reed grass (Spartina cynosuroides);

21. Common reed grass (Phragmites communis);

22. Pickerel grass (Pontederia cordata);

23. Arrowheads (Sagittaria spp.);

24. Spatterdock (Nuphar variegatum);

25. Red maple (Acer rubrum); and

26. Atlantic white cedar (Chamaecyparis thyoides).

(b) Coastal wetlands include those lands which are delineated by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection on official maps at a scale of 1:2, 400 listed in N.J.A.C. 7:7A-1.13.

N.J. Admin. Code § 7:50-6.4

Amended by R.1994 d.590, effective 12/5/1994.
See: 26 New Jersey Register 165(a), 26 New Jersey Register 4795(a).