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A Review of the North American Halophyte Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq.

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Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq. is a New World temperate, subtropical, and tropical maritime species that typically occurs 1.0–1.5 m above the mean high tide mark. It is a facultative annual that occurs on saturated substrates consisting of unconsolidated sand, shell fragments, and slightly elevated saline clays and sandy clays. Also known as sea blite, it is found in salinity conditions ranging from 10 to 50 parts per thousand. Sexual reproduction is the only mechanism of reproduction. Seed production is prolific and seed banks are well-supplied with this species. Seeds are dimorphic, and germination is high in both full sun and in shaded conditions.

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Acknowledgments

We thank Glennis and David Lonard for providing assistance in preparation of this manuscript. Alfred Richardson and Ken King kindly provided the digital image. We thank Dr. Sumith Pathirana of Qatar University for his kind assistance in drafting the distribution map.

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  1. Department of Biology, The University of Texas – Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, TX, 78539-2999, USA

    Robert I. Lonard

  2. Department of Biology, The University of Texas – Pan American, Edinburg, TX, USA

    Frank W. Judd

  3. Department of Biological Sciences, St. John’s University, Queens, NY, 11439, USA

    Richard Stalter

  4. Center for Sustainable Development, College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University, 2713, Doha, Qatar

    J. Jed Brown

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  1. College of Arts and Sciences, Qatar University Center for Sust. Development, Doha, Qatar

    M. Ajmal Khan

  2. UNESCO Liaison Office, UNECA Bldg New Bldg, 1st floor, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia

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  3. Ege University, Izmir, Turkey

    Münir Ȫzturk

  4. Division of Ecological and Earth Science, UNESCO Headquarters, Natural Sci Div of Ecological & Earth Science, Paris Cedex 15, France

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  5. Institute of Sustainable Halophyte Utili, University of Karachi Inst.of Sustainable Halophyte Utili, Karachi, Pakistan

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  6. Abteilung 3 - Ökologie, Universität Bielefeld Fakultät für Biologie, Bielefeld, Germany

    Siegmar-W. Breckle

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Lonard, R.I., Judd, F.W., Stalter, R., Brown, J.J. (2016). A Review of the North American Halophyte Suaeda linearis (Ell.) Moq.. In: Khan, M., Boër, B., Ȫzturk, M., Clüsener-Godt, M., Gul, B., Breckle, SW. (eds) Sabkha Ecosystems. Tasks for Vegetation Science, vol 48. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-27093-7_5

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