Woody Glasswort

Coastal Habitats

 

Plant Life on the Salt Marsh

glasswort

Woody Glasswort

Salicornia bigelovii

Woody glasswort can live in very salty parts of the salt marsh. Like a cactus, the glasswort stores water in its flesy stems and leaves. The plant uses the water to waken the salt water it takes in at high tide.

You can eat glasswort which is juicy and a bit salty. It belongs to the same family as beets and spinach.

Plant Life on the Salt Marsh

 

Animal Life on the Salt Mars

 

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