#sarcocornia

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May 20, 2017:

Algae Secondary, Snapper, Underbelly Gene.

Sarcocornia of Keetande’s clan!

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#3201 - Salicornia blackiana - Thick-head Glasswort

AKA Sarcocornia blackiana.

Salinity is a serious problem in the Western Wheatbelt, and it's the direct result of the near-total removal of the native vegetation and trees changing the hydrology. Groundwater out there is highly saline, and with the trees removed it's come closer and closer to the surface, resulting in extensive salt scald in once-productive paddocks, and Lake Ninan going from freshwater to six times saltier than the ocean.

Unsurprisingly, most of the plants surviving around the lake are halophytes, equipped to survive those sorts of conditions.

Widespread along the southern parts of Australia, thriving in estuaries, swamps, and seasonally waterlogged saline depressions.

GSB2024, Wongan Hills - Lake Ninan

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