Eastern Massachusetts Vascular Plants
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Maritime Beach Strand Community [Fact Sheet] — State Rank S3
Allocation of plants to certain layers may not match that suggested in the NHESP community fact sheet.

Herbaceous/Ground Layer (including shrubby groundcovers)
Atriplex cristata — seabeach orache
Cyperus filicinus — fern flatsedge
Honckenya peploides — seabeach sandwort
Lathyrus japonicus — beach pea
Salsola kali ssp. kali — prickly or seabeach saltwort
Salsola tragus — Russian thistle — NON-NATIVE
Solidago sempervirens — seaside goldenrod