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From Biology-Online.org:
Halophyte:
Plants growing naturally in very salty soil. Plants that have a high tolerance to salt, and therefore can successfully occupy an ecosystem with such chemical properties.
Spartina Alternifolora - Cordgrass
Salicornia Europaea - Samphire - Glasswort
Rizophora Mangle - Red Mangrove
There are countless more!
I recently ordered some Salicornia seeds and have devised a way to germinate, plant, and grow them. It is an edible plant and so that's probably what I'll end up doing with them. I'm eager to see how well they grow off of the typical chemistry of a reef tank.
It's always puzzled me as to why it's so easy to acquire a myriad of marine macro algae species but we rarely get to see any halophyte species beside mangrove trees. Mangroves are the least practical of them all since they are in fact a tree.
I'm wondering if there is any interest, besides my own, from other hobbyists or if anyone has additional information about halophytes that they'd like to share.
I'll include some pictures of my methods once I get the seeds.
Halophyte:
Plants growing naturally in very salty soil. Plants that have a high tolerance to salt, and therefore can successfully occupy an ecosystem with such chemical properties.
Spartina Alternifolora - Cordgrass
![Spartina_alterniflora%2002.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fea7untocczx5jhb%2FSpartina_alterniflora%252002.jpg%3Fraw%3D1&hash=34b6fd548d4c6c351f3144f8e60b266b)
Salicornia Europaea - Samphire - Glasswort
![Salicornia_europaea_MS_0802%2002.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2F3e11r69wnjerq0x%2FSalicornia_europaea_MS_0802%252002.jpg%3Fraw%3D1&hash=f7234a09b44e36661ee7b5ec98c8a2ea)
Rizophora Mangle - Red Mangrove
![1280px-Red_mangrove-everglades_natl_park%2002.jpg](/proxy.php?image=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dropbox.com%2Fs%2Fq4s4mwd1i5ddg9g%2F1280px-Red_mangrove-everglades_natl_park%252002.jpg%3Fraw%3D1&hash=e98afe60b503c316a189ec89ced88b3b)
There are countless more!
I recently ordered some Salicornia seeds and have devised a way to germinate, plant, and grow them. It is an edible plant and so that's probably what I'll end up doing with them. I'm eager to see how well they grow off of the typical chemistry of a reef tank.
It's always puzzled me as to why it's so easy to acquire a myriad of marine macro algae species but we rarely get to see any halophyte species beside mangrove trees. Mangroves are the least practical of them all since they are in fact a tree.
I'm wondering if there is any interest, besides my own, from other hobbyists or if anyone has additional information about halophytes that they'd like to share.
I'll include some pictures of my methods once I get the seeds.
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