North Carolina Botanical Garden

Plant Index

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Salicornia depressa

Salicornia depressa Standl.

virginia glasswort

Synonym(s): Salicornia europaea, Salicornia europaea var. pachystachya, Salicornia europaea var. simplex, Salicornia maritima, Salicornia virginica

Image ID: 34285
Image by: SOS, Collectors
Image Collection: Seeds of Success

PLANT INDEX

ID_PLANT: SADE10
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Salicornia depressa
Include in WOTAS: 0
Publish to Web: 1
Last Modified: 2018-01-27

GENUS INDEX

GENUS CODE: SALIC
GENUS SCIENTIFIC: Salicornia
GENUS AUTHORITY: L.
GENUS COMMON: Pickleweed
GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 10-20 species, succulent herbs, of cosmopolitan distribution.
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GENUS REFERENCES: Judd & Ferguson (1999)=Z; Ball in FNA (2003b); Kadereit et al. (2007); Kühn in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). [also see Sarcocornia]

FAMILY INDEX

FAMILY CODE: CHENOP
FAMILY SCIENTIFIC: Chenopodiaceae
FAMILY AUTHORITY: Ventenat 1799
FAMILY COMMON: Goosefoot Family
FAMILY SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and about 150 species, herbs and shrubs, cosmopolitan, but especially in xeric and/or saline areas. Sometimes recently included in the Amaranthaceae, but each traditional family is monophyletic and there seems no reason to combine them.
FAMILY REFERENCE: Welsh, Crompton, & Clemants in FNA (2003b); Judd & Ferguson (1999)=Z; Fuentes-Bazan, Uotila, & Borsch (2012); Fuentes-Bazan, Mansion, & Borsch (2012); Kühn in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).

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DURATION: Perennial
HABIT: Herb, Subshrub

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GRIM COLLECTIONS

Coll_id	Project	Collection date	Collector	Action
543	SOS	2015-10-13	Dakar	View
551	SOS	2015-10-15	Maynard	View
602	SOS	2015-11-03	Dakar	View
849	SOS	2016-11-02	Flood	View
953	SOS	2017-10-12	Dakar	View

USDA PLANTS DATABASE

USDA Symbol: SADE10
USDA Common Name: Virginia Glasswort
Native Status: L48 (N), AK (N), HI (I), CAN (N), SPM (N)
Distribution: USA (AK, AL, CA, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, IL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, RI, SC, TX, VA, WA), CAN (BC, NB, NF, NS, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Forb/herb, Subshrub

NATIONAL WETLAND INDICATOR STATUS

Region:	AGCP	AK	AW	CB	EMP	GP	HI	MW	NCNE	WMVE
Status:	OBL	OBL	OBL	OBL	OBL		OBL		OBL	OBL

This information is derived from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 2016 National Wetland Plant List, Version 3.3 (Lichvar, R.W., D.L. Banks, W.N. Kirchner, and N.C. Melvin. 2016. The National Wetland Plant List: 2016 wetland ratings. Phytoneuron 2016-30: 1-17. Published 28 April 2016. ISSN 2153 733X). Regions: AGCP-Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain, AK-Alaska, AW-Arid West, CB-Caribbean, EMP-Eastern Mountains and Piedmont, GP-Great Plains, HI-Hawaii, MW-Midwest, NCNE-Northcentral and Northeast, WMCV-Western Mountains, Valleys & Coast

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ABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora)
Chenopodiaceae Ventenat 1799 (Goosefoot Family)
SUMMARY: A family of about 100 genera and about 150 species, herbs and shrubs, cosmopolitan, but especially in xeric and/or saline areas. Sometimes recently included in the Amaranthaceae, but each traditional family is monophyletic and there seems no reason to combine them.
REFERENCE: Welsh, Crompton, & Clemants in FNA (2003b); Judd & Ferguson (1999)=Z; Fuentes-Bazan, Uotila, & Borsch (2012); Fuentes-Bazan, Mansion, & Borsch (2012); Kühn in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993).

ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora)
Salicornia L. (Pickleweed)
SUMMARY: A genus of about 10-20 species, succulent herbs, of cosmopolitan distribution.
REFERENCE: Judd & Ferguson (1999)=Z; Ball in FNA (2003b); Kadereit et al. (2007); Kühn in Kubitzki, Rohwer, & Bittrich (1993). [also see Sarcocornia]

HERBARIUM RESOURCES

SERNEC: Find Salicornia depressa in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)
UNC SERNEC: Find Salicornia depressa in University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)

WEB RESOURCES

USDA: Find Salicornia depressa in USDA Plants
NPIN: Find Salicornia depressa in NPIN Database
FNA: Find Salicornia depressa in the Flora of North America (if available)
Google: Search Google for Salicornia depressa

IMAGE USE RECORDS

ID IMAGE: 34285 - Primary Image FloraQuest Plant Detail Page (Landscape Preferred)
ID IMAGE1: 0 - Primary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE2: 0 - Secondary Image WOTAS
ID IMAGE3: 0 - Primary Image Plant Sale Sign (Landscape Only)
ID IMAGE4: 0 - Primary Image New Plant Sale Label (Portrait Only)