Coastal Salt Tolerant Plants

This category of plants is inclusive of all salt-tolerant plants we grow & sell.  This catch-all category includes “beach plants” (separate category) as well as some plant species from “southern landscapes,” which are salt-hardy.  


Grasses & Aquatic Herbaceous

Beaches & Back Dunes: 

Distichlis Spicata (Salt Grass), Muhlenbergia capillaries (Muhly Grass), Panicum Amarum (Panic Grass), Paspalum Vaginatum (Knotgrass), Schizachyrium (Bluestem), Spartina Patens (Marsh Hay Cordgrass), Sporobolus Virginicus (Seashore Dropseed), and Uniola Paniculata (Sea Oats).

Salt Marshes, Inland Shorelines, & Other Intertidal Wetlands:

Distichlis Spicata (Salt Grass), Juncus Roemerianus (Black Needlerush), Paspalum Vaginatum (Knotgrass), Spartina Alterniflora (Smooth Cordgrass), and Spartina Patens (Marsh Hay Cordgrass).

Shrubs

Borrichia Frutescens (Sea Oxeye Daisy), Iva Imbricate (Beach Elder), Myrica Cerifera (Wax Myrtle), and Serenoa Repens (Saw Palmetto (Green)).

Trees

Avicennia terminals (Black Mangrove), Coccoloba uvifera (Sea Grape), Juniperus Virginiana (Red Cedar), Laguncularia racemosa (White Mangrove), Rhizophora Mangle (Red Mangrove), and Sabal Palmetto (Cabbage Palm).  

Wildflowers & Vines

Gaillardia Pulchella (Blanket Flower), Helianthus Debelis (Dune Sunflower), Ipomoea Imperati (Beach Morning Glory), Ipomoea Pes-caprae (Railroad Vine), Mimosa Strigillosa (Sunshine Mimosa), and Sesuvium Portulacastrum (Sea Purslane).

Ferns

Acrostichum Danaeifolium (Giant Leather Fern)

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