Long Island Sound Study: Priority Habitats
Cliffs and bluffs are steep coastal slopes of glacial sands and till that are created through long-term wave erosion and sea-level rise. Rare plant communities, such as New York’s dwarf beech forest, may be found here.


 

Eatons Neck, NY  Photo:CT DEP
Eatons Neck, NY 
Photo: CT DEP
  Jamesport State Park, Jamesport, NY
Jamesport State Park, Jamesport, NY
Photo: Audubon New York
 



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