Assateague Animals and Plants

Information on the Plants and Animals
of Assateague Island, Virginia

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A great variety of animal and plant species has adapted to a sometimes perilous life on this shifting barrier island located along the coasts of Maryland and Virginia. With sections of Assateague managed and protected by the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the state of Maryland, Assateague offers a unique opportunity to observe plants and animals of the Mid-Atlantic coast in an undeveloped, natural environment.

In most sections of the Web site, the approach has been to start with basic information on the plants and animals most often seen by visitors to Assateague Island; more thorough information and information on less frequently sighted species on Assateague will be added as the site is further developed. [Photos and Graphics by Alex Jobin & Robert Jobin - Copyright © The Assateague Naturalist 1997].

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	Shells, etc., from the Beach Channeled Whelks Atlantic Moon Shells Horseshoe Crabs, etc.		Life on the Edge Mole Crabs Ghost Crabs Bean Clams, and More
	Plants Ancient Marsh American Beachgrass Loblolly Pines, etc.		Assateague Birdhouses and Fox Squirrel House
	The Birds of Assateague Canada Geese Egrets Ducks and Other Birds		Other Assateague Animals The Ponies Deer Endangered Squirrels, etc.
	Assateague Storms The Great Hurricane of 1933 Ash Wednesday, 1962 Other Storms		From the Island Aquarium Clearnose Skates Mantis Shrimp Sea Stars, etc.

Web Port - Links to Related Web Sites of Interest

Fauna and Flora on Assateague Island, National Park Service
Vegetation Types on Assateague Island, National Biological Service
Coastal Marsh Project at the University of Maryland
Resource List, Floriculture and Ornamental Horticulture,
Cornell University
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA
The Assateague Peoples - The Kickotank (Great Assateague) Tribe
Chincoteague Pony Association
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Information Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge Assateague Island National Seashore	Books of Regional Interest Available from The Assateague Naturalist	The Assateague - Chincoteague Collection, an On-Line Magazine

Information on the Plants and Animals of Assateague Island, Virginia

Information on the Plants and Animals
of Assateague Island, Virginia