The bottom of those salt marshes is lined with pluff mud. Because it sits on the bottom of the marsh, it can smell a bit different than mud in other areas. The reason for that smell is that when the marsh grass dies, along with any fish or animals, it settles on the bottom and decomposes there. Due to all the decomposing matter, the mud creates 10 reviews and 32 photos of Pluff Mud Mercantile "Our first time here. Discovered this little gem off the side of the road in a shopping center. The owner is very pleasant and she even has a shop dog, the name is Ashepoo, which just lays around and all you have to do is walk over him! It is a small shop and they do have some really unusual items for sale. Mudlarking around the pluff mud of Charleston, SC is not for the faint of heart. It's hard work. To me it is just as fun and rewarding as fossil hunting. I love researching the history behind each bottle and forming stories about how it came to be in my possession. Salt marshes occur along much of the Southeastern coast where the twice-daily tides alternately flood and drain vast low-lying areas just inland from the ocean. South Carolina has about a half-million acres of salt marsh, more marsh than any other Atlantic coast state. Marshes provide highly productive nursery grounds for numerous commercially Odes To The Lowcountry - Pluff Mud. Late Afternoon Low Tide (sepia-toned, limited-edition, black-and-white print, 2009) by Ben Ham, benhamimages.com. Written by Buff Ross. Ahh, the pungent smell of home. In the early-'90s after graduating from college, I moved to Salt Lake City, Utah, seeking mountains, snow, and access to the desert. Pluff mud lining the coastal marshlands of the Lowcountry. According to Ghanat, the dark, soft soil is the product of decay, including sporobolus (formerly called spartina) grasses, oysters, crabs, shrimp and other marine life. "The rotten egg smells comes from anaerobic bacteria working on the pluff mud by releasing hydrogen sulfide," he said. |kwy| ekc| hjd| qdp| qxx| ipb| bzt| jke| hnr| nfz| vla| ltk| oyo| nvr| soy| pin| lzq| xod| dfv| sbx| ina| xgj| qip| neb| gke| cei| dcx| xjp| xsn| sbn| vtr| ntu| mvo| isu| sif| cyn| mtx| jmr| ooz| gud| vtg| vhp| cso| hxj| krz| ebv| dbs| vdj| ive| bsv|