Table 2.3. Typical Plants Found in Galveston Bay Wetland Environments (15). 
Salt Marsh 
Spartina alterniflora 
smooth cord- 
grass 
Batis maritima 
saltwort 
Salicornia virginica 
glasswort 
Salicornia bigelovii 
glasswort 
Distichlis spicata 
seashore salt- 
grass 
Borrichia frutescens 
sea-oxeye 
Monanthochloe littoralis 
shoregrass 
Juncus roemerianus 
needle rush 
Suaeda sp. 
seablite or 
seepweed 
Lycium carolinianum 
Carolina 
wolfberry 
Spartina spartinae 
gulf cordgrass 
Spartina patens 
marshhay 
cordgrass 
Iva frutescens 
bigleaf 
sumpweed 
Iva angustifolia 
narrowleaf 
sumpweed 
Limonium nashii 
sea-lavender 
Scirpus maritimus 
salt-marsh 
bulrush 
Sporobolus spp. 
dropseed 
Sesuvium portulacastrum 
sea purslane 
Heliotropium curassavicum salt heliotrope 
Brackish Marsh 
Spartina spartinae 
gulf cordgrass 
Spartina patens 
marshhay 
cordgrass 
Borrichia frutescens 
sea-oxeye 
Distichlis spicata 
seashore 
saltgrass 
Monanthochloe littoralis 
shoregrass 
Scirpus maritimus 
salt-marsh 
bulrush 
Scirpus americanus 
three-square 
bulrush 
Scirpus califomicus 
California 
bulrush 
Scirpus olneyi 
Olney bulrush 
Altemanthera philoxeroides alligatorweed 
Typha domingensis 
narrowleaf 
cattail 
Typha latifolia 
common cattail 
Spartina cynosuroides 
big cordgrass 
Phragmites australis 
common reed 
Eleocharis parvula 
dwarf 
spikerush 
Cyperus spp. 
flatsedge 
Enchinochloa crusgalli 
barnyard grass 
Leptochloa spp. 
sprangletop 
Bacopa monnieri 
coastal 
waterhyssop 
Aster tenuifolius 
saline aster 
Aster subulatus 
saltmarsh aster 
Aster spinosus 
spiny aster 
Paspalum lividum 
longtom 
Paspalum vaginatum 
seashore 
paspalum 
Setaria geniculata 
knotroot 
bristlegrass 
Zizaniopsis miliacea 
giant cutgrass 
Solidago sempervirens 
seaside 
goldenrod 
Baccharis halimifolia 
groundsel bush 
Iva frutescens 
bigleaf 
sumpweed 
Iva angustifolia 
narrowleaf 
sumpweed 
Iva annua 
seacoast 
sumpweed 
Sesuvium portulacastrum 
sea purslane 
Salicornia spp. 
glasswort 
Limonium nashii 
sea-lavender 
Juncus roemerianus 
needle rush 
Lycium carolinianum 
Carolina 
wolfberry 
Sporobolus spp. 
dropseed 
Fimbristylis castanea 
fimbry 
Hydrocotyle spp. 
pennywort 
Fresh Marsh 
Spartina spartinae 
gulf cordgrass 
Typha latifolia 
common cattail 
Typha domingensis 
narrowleaf 
cattail 
Scirpus americanus 
three-square 
bulrush 
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