Open Saline Wetlands
There are 26 taxa reported for the Open Saline Wetlands habitat
in the Bahama Archipelago
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Open saline wetlands, including tidal flats, salt marshlands, and saline thickets.
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Habitats:
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| Scientific Name: |
Common Name: |
Bahamas Native Status: |
| Acrostichum aureum |
Giant fern, Leather fern |
Native
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| Alternanthera paronichyoides |
Knotweed achyranthes |
Native
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| Blutaparon vermiculare |
Saltweed, Samphire |
Native
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| Cypselea humifusa |
Panal (Florida Atlas, PLANTS) |
Native
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| Distichlis spicata |
Marsh spikegrass, Rabbitgrass, Seashore saltgrass |
Native
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| Fimbristylis ferruginea |
Rusty sedge, Salt marsh Fimbristylis |
Native
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| Fimbristylis spadicea |
Marsh Fimbristylis |
Native
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| Metastelma northropiae |
Northrop's Metastelma |
Native
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| Paspalum vaginatum |
Joint grass, Knot grass, Sheathed Paspalum |
Native
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| Salicornia bigelovii |
Bigelow’s glasswort |
Native
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| Sarcocornia perennis |
Guinea-bead, Wild coral, Woody glasswort |
Native
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| Schoenoplectus robustus |
Salt-marsh bulrush |
Native
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| Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani |
American great bulrush, Giant bulrush, Soft-stem bulrush |
Native
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| Schoenus nigricans |
Black-headed sedge |
Native
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| Sesuvium maritimum |
Slender sea purslane |
Native
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| Sesuvium microphyllum |
Little-leaf Seapurslane (PLANTS) |
Native
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| Spartina patens |
Salt grass, Saltmeadow cordgrass |
Native
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| Spartina spartinae |
Gulf cordgrass |
Native
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| Sporobolus pyramidatus |
Match grass, Pointed dropseed grass, Whorled dropseed |
Native
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| Sporobolus virginicus |
Seashore rushgrass |
Native
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| Suaeda conferta |
Island sea-blite |
Native
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| Suaeda linearis |
Tall sea-blite |
Native
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| Suaeda nigra |
Bushy sea-blite |
Native
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| Triglochin striata |
Three-rib arrowgrass (PLANTS) |
Native
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| Triglochin striata |
Three-rib arrowgrass (PLANTS) |
Native
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| Uniola virgata |
Spikegrass |
Native
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