Scrub-shrub forest is a complex dominated by water-tolerant shrubs and trees located in the flood plain.
The photo at right is an example of a forested wetland in the Columbia estuary (courtesy of Battelle).
Controlling factors that affect scrub-shrub forest:
Elevation/Depth/Bathymetry
Hydrodynamics
Light
Nutrients
Salinity
Sediment Quality
Temperature
Ecosystem processes that are affected by scrub-shrub forest:
Primary Production
Food Web Support
Refuge
Reproduction
Element Cycling
Sediment Supply and Trapping
Successional Development
Water Storage
