Coastal vegetation. Shrubby seabite (Suaeda vera, green) and sea purslane (Atriplex portulacoides, grey) in a coastal habitat. These plants are haloph

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Coastal vegetation. Shrubby seabite (Suaeda vera, green) and sea purslane (Atriplex portulacoides, grey) in a coastal habitat. These plants are halophytic, meaning they can tolerate brackish water (salty) at their roots. Photographed in Ferrybridge, Weymouth, Dorset, UK.

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