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halophyte
thumb|250px|right|Spartina alterniflora ([[cordgrass), a halophyte.]]
Salicornia europaea
halophytic perennial dicot
Zostera marina
species of aquatic plant
Salicornia
Salicornia is a genus of succulent, halophytic (salt tolerant) flowering plants in the family Amaranthaceae that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Salicornia species are native to North America, Europe, central Asia, and southern Africa. Common names for the genus include glasswort, pickleweed, picklegrass, and marsh samphire; these common names are also used for some species not in Salicornia. To French speakers in Atlantic Canada, they are known colloquially as ('mouse tits'). The main European species is often eaten, called marsh samphire in Britain, and the main North
Bolboschoenus maritimus
species of plant
Atriplex patula
species of plant
Tripolium pannonicum
species of plant
Zostera
thumb|right|Zostera sp in Mussel Ridge Channel, Birch Island, Maine
Suaeda
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Ruppia maritima
species of plant
Juncus gerardii
species of plant
Sesuvium portulacastrum
species of plant
Halimione portulacoides
species of plant
Halocnemum
Halocnemum is a genus of halophytic shrubs in the family Amaranthaceae. The plants are fleshy and apparently articulated with characteristic globular or short-cylindrical lateral branches, and reduced leaves and flowers. There are three or two species, occurring from Southern Europe and North Africa to Asia.
Oxybasis chenopodioides
species of plant
Hibiscus moscheutos
Malvaceae of the genus Hibiscus
Phyllospadix
thumb|Phyllospadix is a food source for many animals including this Tectura palacea.
Cyperus laevigatus
species of plant
Distichlis spicata
species of plant
Spartina patens
species of plant
Sporobolus alterniflorus
species of plant
Salicornia bigelovii
species of plant
Zostera capensis
species of plant
Astragalus pycnostachyus
species of plant
Helianthus paradoxus
species of plant
Zostera japonica
species of plant
Sesuvium maritimum
species of plant
Zostera caespitosa
species of plant
Atriplex watsonii
species of plant
Zostera asiatica
species of plant
Phyllospadix iwatensis
species of plant
Zostera caulescens
species of plant
Zostera muelleri
species of plant
Phyllospadix scouleri
species of plant
Extriplex californica
species of plant
Suaeda californica
species of plant
Zostera capricorni
species of plant
Phyllospadix torreyi
species of plant
Zostera tasmanica
species of plant
Bidens hyperborea
species of plant
Bolboschoenus robustus
species of plant
Suaeda taxifolia
species of plant
Salicornia virginica
species of plant
Limonium carolinianum
species of plant
Phyllospadix japonicus
species of plant
Zostera mucronata
species of plant
Kosteletzkya pentacarpos
species of plant
Phyllospadix serrulatus
species of plant
Zostera novazelandica
species of plant
Zostera polychlamys
species of plant
Suaeda esteroa
species of plant
Phyllospadix juzepczukii
species of plant
Solidago sempervirens
species of plant
Bidens eatonii
species of plant
Lilaeopsis occidentalis
species of plant
Elymus pungens
species of plant
Zostera nigricaulis
species of plant
Frankenia salina
species of plant
Chloropyron molle
species of plant
Distichlis distichophylla
species of plant