Salt-Marsh Plants are certainly one of the most unique members of Kingdom Plantae. These plants are the dominant vegetation along seacoast mudflats within the tropics and subtropics where they grow abundantly around estuaries, coastal plains, and deltas. They are even known to grow along inlets in sub-polar and polar zones.

What makes these plants so unique is the fact that they’ve adapted to the saline environment along coastlines, where most plants can’t possibly survive. Plants who can successfully live in these areas are called halophytes. Although salt-marsh plants can withstand coastal marine environments, they are not true marine plants for they cannot tolerate being completely submerged under water. This site provides a thorough explanation as to what makes salt-marsh plants so successful and why they are important to the environment.