salt-tolerant plants
Brine-enduring vegetation types
Salt-tolerant plants are species that can survive and grow in soils or water with high salt concentrations.
Also called halophytes, they thrive in coastal marshes, estuaries, and saline soils where most plants would wither.
Common examples include mangroves, sea lavender, and certain grasses.
Gardeners in areas with salty groundwater or road salt runoff seek out salt-tolerant varieties: We planted salt-tolerant shrubs along the highway frontage.
- glasswortSalt-tolerant marsh succulent
- succulenceMoisture-rich quality
- mangrovesSalt-water coastal trees
- sodicContaining natrium
- salineSalt-water solution
salt marsh · tidal marsh · erosion prevention · samphire · brackish · salt crust · salt flat · saltwort · saltbush · carbon sequestration · flood mitigation · cordgrass · beach grass · mudflat · xerophyte · dunes · beach · sea spray
- desert plantssaguaro, prickly pear, cholla, agave, barrel cactus
- sand dunessand dunes, dunes, dune, sand, White Sands
- tropical plantshibiscus, bougainvillea, frangipani, mahogany, palm trees
- dunessand dune, blowout, crests, dune formation, coastal dunes
- saltwater environmentsestuaries, mangroves, salt marshes, tidal flats, lagoons
- island plantscoconut palms, pandanus, breadfruit, taro, coconut groves