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Batis maritima
About
Batis maritima, the saltwort or beachwort, is a halophyte. It is a C3-plant, long-lived perennial, dioecious, succulent shrub. The plant forms dense colonies in salt marshes, brackish marshes, and mangrove swamps and frequently is found on the margins of saltpans and wind-tidal flats. Batis maritima is a pioneer plant, covers quickly areas where hurricanes have destroyed the natural vegetation.
- Family
- Bataceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Batis maritima
- Slug
- batis-maritima
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Bataceae
- Genus
- Batis
- Species
- maritima
- Wikidata QID
- Q4869290
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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