what plants prefer salty soil?

Answer 1

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1) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halophytes

2) The List -

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Halophytes_and_salt_tolerant_plants

Answer 2

Plants that live in salty or saline soils are called halophytic.

R. Marilyn Schmidt has written several books about plants that live in beach/oceanic areas.

Below is an excerpt of an article about growing halophytic plants and flowers:

"Schmidt also recommends plants that will survive in almost pure sand, the most challenging of environments, such as downy serviceberry ( Amelanchier arborea ), blue star ( Amsonia ) and bearberry ( Arctostaphylos uva-ursi ). Other suggestions from her books are crape myrtle, gray birch, heath and heather, Siberian pea tree, trumpet vine, hydrangea, Atlantic white cedar ( Chamaecyparis thyoides ), summersweet ( Clethra alnifolia ), loblolly pine, Eastern white pine, mugo pine, almost all junipers, southern magnolia, white oak, live oak, scarlet oak, and about 400 other plants that stand up against wind and salt.

Some of the hardiest flowers for the shore that Schmidt recommends are phlox, lupine, blanket flower ( gaillardia ), chrysanthemum, rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan), dusty miller, goldenrod, lavender and sweet alyssum to stand against the surf. Spring and summer flowering bulbs love to have sand at their feet. Daffodil, crocus, hyacinth, scilla, tulip, spider lily ( lycoris squamigera ), tuberous begonia, dahlia, gladiolus and lily, among others, seem to be partial to sand and salt air. Herbs prefer a fenced sunny area out of the way of wind and will thrive unfertilized provided they are kept free of weeds."

Click here for the full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/10/AR2005061000949.html?nav=rss_opinion/columns

Answer 3

glassworts (Salicornia)
cord grasses (Spartina)
sea lavenders (Limonium)
plantains (Plantago)
Beach Rose (Rosa rugosa)
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
Salt Hay Grass (Spartina patens)
Spike Grass (Distichlis spicata)