PLANTS Profile for Sesuvium portulacastrum (shoreline seapurslane)

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PLANTS Profile

Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.
shoreline seapurslane

Symbol:

SEPO2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Aizoaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		N
PR		N
VI		N

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Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

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Synonyms:
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

POPO19

Portulaca portulacastrum L.

Distribution:
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AL, FL, GA, HI, LA, MS, NC, PA, SC, TX), USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

View 17 genera in Aizoaceae, 7 species in Sesuvium

Classification:
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Aizoaceae – Fig-marigold family
Genus	Sesuvium L. – seapurslane
Species	Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L. – shoreline seapurslane

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

Nat. Ind.

Reg. 1

Reg. 2

Reg. 3

Reg. 4

Reg. 5

Reg. 6

Reg. 7

Reg. 8

Reg. 9

Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

FAC,FACW

FACW

FAC

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

Wildlife Habitat Values:

Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

	Large Mammals		Small Mammals		Water Birds		Terrestrial Birds
Source	Large Mammals Food	Large Mammals Cover	Small Mammals Food	Small Mammals Cover	Water Birds Food	Water Birds Cover	Terrestrial Birds Food	Terrestrial Birds Cover
Everitt			Minor

Wildlife Habitat Values

Everitt, J.H., D.L. Drawe, and R.I. Lonard. 1999. Field guide to the broad leaved herbaceous plants of South Texas used by livestock and wildlife. Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock.

More Accounts and Images:
Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19910.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

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Sesuvium portulacastrum (L.) L.

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