Salt marsh

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Vegetation
The glassworts
salt tolerant plants that grow in salt marshes, on beaches, and among mangroves. Glasswort species are native to the United States and Europe.
The glassworts are small,usually less that 30 cm tall, succulent herbs with a jointed horizontal main stem and erect lateral branches. The leaves are small and scale-like and as such the plant may appear leafless. Many speciesof glasswort are green, but their foliage turns red in autumn. The hermaphrodite flowers are wind pollinated, and the fruit is small and succulent and contains a single seed. Herbs: basil Herbs (IPA:hə(ɹ)b, or əɹb; see pronunciation differences) are plants grown for culinary, medicinal, or in some cases even spiritual value. ... The leaves of a Beech tree A leaf with laminar structure andpinnate venation In botany, a leaf is an above-ground plant organ specialized for photosynthesis. ... Clivia miniata A cluster of flowers (Clivia miniata) A Blue Summer Flower. ... Fruit stall inBarcelona, Spain. ...
Glasswort can tolerate immersion in salt water.

Cordgrass
The genus Spartina, commonly known as cordgrass or cord-grass, contains 14 species, native to the coasts of the AtlanticOcean in western and southern Europe, northwest and southern Africa, the Americas and the southern Atlantic Ocean islands.
They form large, often dense colonies, particularly on coastal saltmarshes,and grow quickly. The species vary in size from 0.3-2 m tall. Many of the species will produce hybrids if they come into contact. A clonal colony is a group of plants (or fungi) that have grown in agiven location, all originating vegetatively, not sexually, from a given single ancestor. ... Rugged coastline of the West Coast of New Zealand The coast is defined as the part of the land adjoining ornear the ocean. ... Atlantic coastal salt marsh in Connecticut, USA. WEED - Marine Park, Salt marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn, NY GRASS - Marine Park, Salt marsh Nature Center in Brooklyn, NY The...
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