Marine Vegetation of Texas

 

 


Sea purslane
Sesuvium portulacastrum
Family Aizoaceae

 


Gregg's amaranth
Amaranthus greggii
Family Amaranthaceae

 


Wooly tidestromia
Tidestromia lanuginosa
Family Amaranthaceae

 


Largeleaf pennywort
Hydrocotyle bonariensis
Family Araliaceae

 


Camphor daisy
Rayjacksonia phyllocephala
Family Asteraceae

 


False daisy
Eclipta prostrata
Family Asteraceae

 


Sea-ox-eye daisy
Borrichia frutescens
Family Asteraceae

 


Black mangrove
Avicennia germinans
Family Avicenniaceae

 


Maritime saltwort
Batis maritima
Family Batidaceae

 


Seaside heliotrope
Heliotropium curassavicum
Family Boraginaceae

 


Gulf searocket
Cakile geniculata
Family Brassicaceae

 


Common hornwort
Ceratophyllum demersum
Family Ceratophyllaceae

 


Dwarf glasswort
Salicornia bigelovii
Family Chenopodiaceae

 


Virginia glasswort
Salicornia depressa
Family Chenopodiaceae

 


Spiny-fruited saltbush
Atriplex acanthocarpa
Family Chenopodiaceae

 


Annual seepweed
Suaeda linearis
Family Chenopodiaceae

 


Railroad vine
Ipomoea pes-caprae
Family Convolvulaceae

 


Fiddleleaf morning glory
Ipomoea imperati
Family Convolvulaceae

 


Manatee grass
Syringodium filiforme
Family Cymodoceaceae

 


Shoal grass
Halodule wrightii
Family Cymodoceaceae

 


Gulf croton
Croton punctatus
Family Euphorbiaceae

 


Red algae
Gracilariopsis longissima
Family Gracilariaceae

 


Red algae
Grateloupia filicina
Family Gracilariaceae

 


Eurasian water milfoil
Myriophyllum spicatum
Family Haloragaceae

 


Star grass
Halophila engelmannii
Family Hydrocharitaceae

 


Turtle grass
Thalassia testudinum
Family Hydrocharitaceae

 


American wild celery
Vallisneria americana
Family Hydrocharitaceae

 


Sea lavender
Limonium carolinianum
Family Plumbaginaceae

 


Smooth cordgrass
Spartina alterniflora
Family Poaceae

 


Marshhay cordgrass
Spartina patens
Family Poaceae

 


Gulf cordgrass
Spartina spartinae
Family Poaceae

 


Widgeon grass
Ruppia maritima
Family Ruppiaceae

 


Narrowleaf gulfweed
Sargassum natans
Family Sargassaceae

 


Broadleaf gulfweed
Sargassum fluitans
Family Sargassaceae

 


Saltmarsh false foxglove
Agalinis maritima
Family Scrophulariaceae

 


Carolina wolfberry
Lycium carolinianum
Family Solanaceae

 


Narrowleaf sea lettuce
Ulva fasciata
Family Ulvaceae

 


Broadleaf sea lettuce
Ulva lactuca
Family Ulvaceae