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Slender Grasswort

(Salicornia maritima)

Color photograph: Homer D. House. 1918. Wildflowers of New York.

Line Drawing: Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States and Canada, Second Edition.

Salicornia bigelovii

The stem joints of Dwarf Glasswort are wider than long.

Salicornia virginica

Woody Glasswort has creeping woody stems with upward pointing, unbranched stems.

Slender Grasswort (Salicornia maritima)

Identification: Plant succulent, jointed, leaves reduced to fleshy sheaths. Plant may turn red in winter. Flowers extremely small, sunken into the joints, and commonly only the stamens visible. Joints longer than wide. Plant either prostrate or erect, 2 to 16 inches in height.

Distribution: Found along the Atlantic Coast from Nova Scotia south to Florida. Also locally found near the Great Lakes or near salt deposits inland. Also occurs along the Pacific Coast.

Habitat: Slender Grasswort is an inhabitant of salty soils, most typically salt marshes or beaches.

Flowering period: August to October.

Slender Grasswort (Salicornia maritima)

Similar Species:

Dwarf Glasswort (Salicornia bigelovii)

Woody Glasswort (Salicornia virginica)

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