Saltwort
Saltwort is a common name for various genera of flowering plants that thrive in salty environments, typically in coastal salt marshes and seashores, including:
- Salsola
- Salicornia
- Tecticornia
- Sarcocornia
- Suaeda
- Halogeton
- and others: the above genera are in the family Amaranthaceae, which contains certain other saltwort genera not mentioned above, but not all Amaranthaceae are saltworts.
- Batis, in the family Bataceae
See also glasswort – glassworts are saltworts, and saltworts can be glassworts
See also Saltbush aka Atriplex, a genus thriving in salty environments
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