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Salt Marsh

There are 95 taxa reported for the Salt Marsh habitat.

A short description of the Salt Marsh community from The Florida Natural Areas Inventory (FNAI) is “estuarine wetland on muck/sand/or limestone substrate; inundated with saltwater by daily tides; statewide; occasional or rare fire; treeless, dense herb layer with few shrubs; saltmarsh cordgrass, needle rush, saltgrass, saltwort, perennial glasswort, seaside oxeye.” A full description can be found in FNAI’s 2010 Guide to the Natural Communities of Florida.
Habitats:
Scientific Name: Common Name: South Florida Native Status:
Acrostichum aureum Golden leather fern Native
Acrostichum danaeifolium Giant leather fern Native
Agalinis maritima Saltmarsh false foxglove Native
Atriplex cristata Beach orach, Crested saltbush Native
Avicennia germinans Black mangrove Native
Baccharis angustifolia Narrowleaved groundsel, Saltwater Falsewillow Native
Bacopa monnieri Water hyssop, Herb-of-grace Native
Batis maritima Saltwort, Turtleweed Native
Blutaparon vermiculare Samphire, Silverhead Native
Borrichia arborescens Green sea-oxeye-daisy, Tree seaside oxeye Native
Borrichia frutescens Silver sea-oxeye-daisy, Bushy seaside oxeye Native
Borrichia x cubana Cuban sea-oxeye-daisy Native
Casuarina equisetifolia Australian-pine, Horsetail casuarina Not Native, Naturalized
Centella asiatica Coinwort, Spadeleaf Native
Conocarpus erectus Buttonwood Native
Cuscuta pentagona Fiveangled dodder Native
Cynodon dactylon var. dactylon Bermuda grass Not Native, Naturalized
Cyrtopodium punctatum Cowhorn orchid, Cigar orchid Native
Dalbergia ecastaphyllum Coinvine Native
Distichlis spicata Saltgrass Native
Eleocharis albida White spikerush Native
Eleocharis cellulosa Gulf Coast spikerush Native
Eleocharis geniculata Canada spikerush Native
Eleocharis rostellata Beaked spikerush Native
Eriochloa michauxii var. michauxii Longleaf cup grass, Michaux’s cup grass Native
Eupatorium serotinum Lateflowering thoroughwort Native
Euphorbia blodgettii Limestone sandmat Native
Eustachys glauca Prairie fingergrass, Saltmarsh fingergrass Native
Eustachys petraea Common fingergrass, Pinewoods fingergrass Native
Eustoma exaltatum Marsh gentian, Seaside gentian, Catchfly prairie-gentian Native
Fimbristylis cymosa Hurricane sedge, Hurricanegrass Not Native, Naturalized
Fimbristylis spadicea Marsh fimbry Native
Flaveria linearis Narrowleaf yellowtops Native
Funastrum clausum Whitevine, White twinevine Native
Heliotropium angiospermum Scorpionstail Native
Heliotropium curassavicum Seaside heliotrope, Salt heliotrope Native
Ipomoea sagittata Everglades morningglory Native
Iva frutescens Saltmarsh-elder, Bigleaf sumpweed Native
Juncus roemerianus Black needle rush, Needle rush, Black rush Native
Kosteletzkya depressa White fenrose Native
Laguncularia racemosa White mangrove Native
Leptochloa dubia Green spangletop Native
Leptochloa fusca subsp. uninervia Mexican spangletop Native
Limonium carolinianum Saltmarsh-rosemary, Carolina sealavender Native
Lycium carolinianum Christmasberry, Carolina desertthorn Native
Lygodium microphyllum Small-leaf climbing fern Not Native, Naturalized
Lythrum lineare Wand loosestrife Native
Malachra urens Roadside leafbract Native
Maytenus phyllanthoides Florida mayten Native
Mikania cordifolia Florida Keys hempvine Native
Monanthochloe littoralis Shoregrass, Keygrass Native
Muhlenbergia capillaris Muhlygrass, Hairawn muhly Native
Opuntia stricta Erect pricklypear Native
Panicum virgatum Switchgrass Native
Paspalum vaginatum Seashore paspalum Native
Pavonia paludicola Mangrove mallow, Swampbush Native
Phyla nodiflora Turkey tangle fogfruit, Capeweed, Frogfruit Native
Pluchea carolinensis Cure-for-all Not Native, Naturalized
Pluchea odorata Sweetscent Native
Portulaca oleracea Purslane, Little hogweed Doubtfully Native
Portulaca rubricaulis Stalked purslane, Redstem purslane Native
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala Camphor daisy Native
Rhabdadenia biflora Mangrove rubbervine, Mangrovevine Native
Rhizophora mangle Red mangrove Native
Rhynchospora colorata Starrush whitetop Native
Sabatia stellaris Rose-of-Plymouth Native
Salicornia bigelovii Annual glasswort Native
Samolus ebracteatus Water pimpernel, Limewater brookweed Native
Sarcocornia perennis Perennial glasswort Native
Schinus terebinthifolius Brazilian-pepper Not Native, Naturalized
Schoenoplectus pungens Sword-grass, Threesquare bulrush Native
Schoenoplectus robustus Saltmarsh bulrush Native
Sesuvium portulacastrum Perennial sea-purslane, Shoreline seapurslane Native
Seutera angustifolia Vine milkweed, Gulf Coast swallowwort Native
Solidago sempervirens Seaside goldenrod Native
Solidago stricta Wand goldenrod Native
Spartina alterniflora var. glabra Saltmarsh cordgrass, Smooth cordgrass Native
Spartina patens Marshhay cordgrass, Saltmeadow cordgrass Native
Spartina spartinae Gulf cordgrass Native
Sporobolus domingensis Coral dropseed Native
Sporobolus pyramidatus Whorled dropseed Native
Sporobolus virginicus Seashore dropseed Native
Suaeda linearis Sea-blite, Annual seepweed Native
Tillandsia fasciculata var. densispica Stiff-leaved wild-pine, Cardinal airplant Native
Tillandsia flexuosa Banded wild-pine, Twisted airplant Native
Tillandsia paucifolia Twisted wild-pine, Potbelly airplant Native
Tillandsia recurvata Ball-moss Native
Tillandsia usneoides Spanish-moss Native
Tillandsia utriculata Giant wild-pine, Giant airplant Native
Trianthema portulacastrum Desert horsepurslane Native
Triglochin striata Arrowgrass Native
Typha domingensis Southern cat-tail Native
Vanilla barbellata Wormvine orchid Native
Verbena scabra Harsh verbena, Sandpaper vervain Native
Washingtonia robusta Desert palm, Washington fan palm Not Native, Naturalized