Beach plant
Beach plants are part of the natural coastal vegetation in our climate zone and play an important role as pioneer plants , for coastal fortification and land reclamation . The vegetation of the beach and the dry dunes is summarized under the term Xeroserie . Plants from the adjacent areas, which are often found on the beach, are also listed here.
Beach plants of the German North and Baltic Sea coast
- White ostrich grass , Agrostis stolonifera
- Allium kochii , dune group from vineyard leek , Allium vineale L. sl
- Reed foxtail , Alopecurus arundinaceus
- Common beach grass , Ammophila arenaria
- Coastal angelica , Angelica archangelica subsp. litoralis
- Beach wound clover , Anthyllis vulneraria subsp. maritima (Schweigg.) Corb.
- Real celery , Apium graveolens
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Beach carnation , Armeria maritima
- Sand carnation , A. maritima subsp. elongata
- Beach carnation , A. maritima subsp. maritima
- Beach wormwood , Artemisia maritima
- Strandaster , Aster tripolium
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Report to Atriplex
- Arrow-leaved message , Atriplex calotheca
- Bald head , atriplex glabriuscula
- Shrub-Melde , Atriplex halimus (whether in Central Europe?)
- Lobed bullet , Atriplex laciniata
- Beach Melde , Atriplex littoralis
- Stalk-Melde , Atriplex longipes
- Spit-report , atriplex prostrata
- Wild turnip or wild beetroot Beta vulgaris subsp. maritima
- Compressed spring rush , Blysmus compressus
- Red spring rush , Blysmus rufus
- Common beach ledges , Bolboschoenus maritimus
- Dune Trespe , Bromus thominei
- Salt rabbit ear , Bupleurum tenuissimum
- European sea mustard , Cakile maritima
- Land riding grass , Calamagrostis epigejos
- Baltic beach grass , X Calammophila baltica (Flüggé ex Schrad.) Brand
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Bindweed , Calystegia
- Beach Winds , Calystegia soldanella
- True bindweed , Calystegia sepium subsp. baltica (Rothm.)
- Sand Sedge , Carex arenaria
- Distant sedge , Carex distans
- Beach sedge , Carex extensa
- Beach centaury , Centaurium littorale
- Lesser centaury , Centaurium pulchellum
- Four-male hornwort , Cerastium diffusum
- Sticky hornwort , Cerastium dubium
- Thick-leaved goosefoot , Chenopodium chenopodioides
- Gray-green goosefoot , Chenopodium glaucum
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Spoonweeds , cochlearia
- English spoonbill , Cochlearia anglica
- Danish spoonweed , Cochlearia danica
- Spoonbill Cochlearia officinalis
- Silver grass , Corynephorus canescens
- Real sea kale , Crambe maritima
- Sea fennel , Crithmum maritimum
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Marsh rushes , Eleocharis
- Dwarf rush , Eleocharis parvula
- Arm-flowered swamp rush , Eleocharis quinqueflora (Hartmann) O. Schwarz,
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Couch grass , Elymus
- Dune couch grass , Elymus athericus
- Common couch grass , Elymus farctus
- Beach creeper , Elymus repens subsp. littoreus
- Dune Heron-Beak , Erodium ballii Jord.
- Sea thistle , Eryngium maritimum
- Beach Spurge , Euphorbia paralias
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Red fescue group, ( Festuca rubra agg.)
- Salt marsh red fescue , Festuca salina
- Dune red fescue , Festuca arenaria
- Coastal dyer's gorse , Genista tinctoria L. subsp. littoralis (Corb.) Rothm.
- Lung gentian , Gentiana pneumonanthe
- Yellow horn poppy , Glaucium flavum
- Beach milkweed , Glaux maritima
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Wedge report , Halimione
- Pedunculated wedge , Halimione pedunculata
- Purslane wedge , Halimione portulacoides
- Sea buckthorn , Hippophae rhamnoides
- Chickweed , Honckenya peploides
- Beach barley , Hordeum marinum
- Mountain sand bells , Jasione montana
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Juncus
- Limb bulrush , Juncus articulatus ( subsp.litoralis )
- Baltic bulrush , Juncus balticus
- Bodden bulrush , Juncus gerardii
- Sea-beach bulrush Juncus maritimus Lam.
- Tatar lettuce , Lactuca tatarica , ( neophyte )
- Beach pea , Lathyrus japonicus
- Pepper herb , Lepidium latifolium
- Beach rye , Leymus arenarius
- Common sea lavender , Limonium vulgare
- European Strandling , Littorella uniflora
- Asparagus pea , lotus maritimus
- Salt horn clover , Lotus tenuis
- Toothed sweet clover , Melilotus dentatus (Waldst. & Kit.) Pers.,
- Small mouse tail , Myosurus minimus
- Salt tooth rust , Odontites litoralis
- Curved thin tail , Parapholis strigosa
- Felty butterbur , Petasites spurius
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Plantain , Plantago
- Beach plantain , Plantago maritima
- Crow's foot plantain , Plantago coronopus
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Common finial
- Polygala vulgaris subsp. collina
- Beach knotweed , Polygonum oxyspermum
- Fingerwort , Potentilla anserina
- Andel , Puccinellia maritima
- Beach radish , Raphanus raphanistrum ssp. maritime
- Potato rose , rosa rugosa , ( neophyte )
- Dune rose , Rosa spinosissima
- Beach dock Rumex maritimus
- Beach balance Ruppia maritima L.
- Beach Mastwort , Sagina maritima
- Coastal fattening herb , Sagina procumbens var. Littoralis Rchb.
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Samphire , Salicornia
- European samphire , Salicornia europaea agg.
- Samphire samphire , Salicornia stricta
- Creeping willow , Salix repens (with three subspecies)
- Potash brine , Kali turgida (formerly Salsola kali )
- Salzbunge , Samolus valerandi
- Salt rush , Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
- Dune Jacob's Ragwort , Senecio jacobaea subsp. dunensis (Dumort.) Kadereit & PD Sell
- Horse carpet , Smyrnium olusatrum
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Mud grass , Spartina
- Salt mud grass , Spartina anglica , ( neophyte )
- Spartina maritima
- Spartina × townsendii
- Winged chickweed , Spergularia media
- Salt chickweed , Spergularia salina
- Wire-haired thorn , Spirobassia hirsuta
- Strandode , Suaeda Maritima
- Knotty burdock chervil , Torilis nodosa
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Clover , trifolium
- Strawberry clover Trifolium fragiferum subsp. fragiferum
- Coastal meadow clover , Trifolium pratense subsp. maritime
- White clover Trifolium repens subsp. pratense var. maritimum
- Beach trident , Triglochin maritimum
- Marsh trident , Triglochin palustris
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Beach chamomile , Tripleurospermum
- Real beach chamomile , Tripleurospermum maritimum
- Odorless beach chamomile , Tripleurospermum perforatum
- Dune pansy, Viola tricolor var. Maritima
- Common seaweed , Zostera marina
- As a salt-bearing crop plant is from about 300 AD. Vicia faba var. Minor detected on the North Sea coast (Wurten Elisenhof, Eider Estuary ).
See also
- Halophiles , salt plants , salt marsh , dune , coastal dune , beach
- List of vascular plants in Germany
- Plant sociological units according to Oberdorfer
- Salt number , salt tolerance , salt concentration in the root area, 1 not salt tolerant to 9 extremely salt tolerant
swell
- Dr. Paul Kuckuck, JF Lehmanns: Der Strandwanderer , Munich, 1952
literature
- NORDHEIM, H. VON and MERCK, T. (Ed.) (1995): Red list of biotope types, animal and plant species in the German Wadden Sea and North Sea area . Schr.R. f. Landscaping u. Natursch. 44.139 pp., € 15.24 ISBN 3-89624-101-X
- MERCK, T. and NORDHEIM, H. VON (edit.) (1996): Red lists and species lists of animals and plants in the German marine and coastal area of the Baltic Sea . Schr.R. f. Landscaping u. Natursch. 48, 108 pp., € 10.12 ISBN 3-89624-104-4
Web links
- National Park Atlas Hamburg Wadden Sea with a list of species in the appendix
- Kew Index of World Grass Species
- Botanical excursion to Schiermonnikoog / Netherlands
- The butterfly fauna of the salt areas in Germany
- A flora list from Amrum
- Schutzstation-wattenmeer.de: Plants
- TMAP typology for the salt marsh vegetation