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red glasswort

Salicornia rubra

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist. — (c) adammonckton, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alberta.

Canada	738
United States	522
Alberta	329
Saskatchewan	178
Utah	134
Nunavut	99
British Columbia	94
Idaho	65
Manitoba	53
Nevada	41

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Group and habits

Subshrub growth formListed by a harvested source as having a subshrub growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Wetland-associatedListed by a harvested source as obligate or frequent in wetland habitat.USDA PLANTS Characteristics
Annual plantListed by a harvested source as having an annual life duration.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

Kingdom	Plants · Plantae
Phylum	Vascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Class	Dicots · Magnoliopsida
Order	pinks, cactuses, and allies · Caryophyllales
Family	Amaranth family · Amaranthaceae
Genus	pickleweeds · Salicornia

Sources

Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
Traits: USDA PLANTS Characteristics (U.S. Government work / public domain)
How much to rely on each source

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Practise red glasswort with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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