NAMING
Scientific Name: Salicornia bigelovii
Family: Chenopodiaceae
Common: glasswort
HABITAT
Native
Habitat: Halophytes: root in moist, salty soils
Range: southern and all east, salty areas of tropics, central America and Mexico
TREE TRUNK
Size: 20 ft tall
Bark: –
LEAVES
Succulent,
herbaceous
rhizomerous
Simple
alternate
fused bands
entire
glaborous
sessile
Annual (reseeds)
REPRODUCTION
Flowers: spilse, year found in florida, terminal on each stem
Fruit: dispersed via water
USES
Commercial – coastal restoration in Florida, used as a vegetable in Europe, research to use as oil crop in desert areas, salcornia oil (blue sunflower oil), can be irrigated with fresh water
TOLERANCES
UF Dendrology 
