What is Salicornia?
{{taxobox |image = Salicornia europaea MS 0802.JPG |image_caption = ''[[Salicornia europaea]]'' |regnum = [[Plant]]ae |unranked_divisio = [[Angiosperms]] |unranked_classis = [[Eudicots]] |unranked_ordo = [[Core eudicots]] |ordo = [[Caryophyllales]] |familia = [[Amaranthaceae]] |subfamilia = [[Salicornioideae]] |genus = '''''Salicornia''''' |genus_authority = [[L.]] <!-- |subdivision_ranks = Species |subdivision = See text. --> |}} '''Salicornia''' is a [[genus]] of [[plant]]s which grow in [[salt]]y envionments. They are pioneer plants that grow on [[beach]]es in the [[sand]], and on [[salt marsh]]es. They are the only plants in the marshes that cannot survive without salt. The plants are edible. [[Geese]] spending the winter on a coast also feed on these plants. The [[ash]] of the plant was used to make [[Sodium carbonate]]. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Amaranthaceae]]