- Acer pseudoplatanus, Sycamore, hedging
- Pines, edges
- Salix caprea, Goat willow, edges
- Sorbus aria and intermedia, firewood crop and berries
- Tamarisk, tamarix gallica, hedging
- Holm oak, quercus ilex, hedging and nuts
- Seabeach sandwort, erosion resistance
- Sea plantain, erosion resistance
- Blackthon, edible fruit and edges
- Broom, cytisus scoparius, nitrogen fixer
Edible salt-tolerant plants:
- Sea beet, beat vulgaris, edible veg
- Hottentot fig, Caprobrotus edulis, edible
- Colcheria officinalis, scurvy grass, edible
- Sea kale, crambe maritima, cabbage substitute
- Hawthorn, edible leaves and fruits
- Rock samphire, Crithmum maritimum, delicious edible
- Sea holly, eryngium maritimum
- Sea milkwot
- Sea purslane
- Sea buckthorn
- Iceplant, mesenbryanthemum crystalinum
- Marsh samphire, salicornia
- Sedum album, edible
- Milk thistle, silybum marianum, salad or herb
- Alexanders, smyrnium olustratum, edible herb
- Saltbrush, Atriplex
- Seablite, suaeda linearis maritima
More species to be added in soon. Some non-edible ornamental species also include lantana, coleus, kalanchoe, hemerocallis (daylilies), opuntia, portulaca, jasminum floridum and bougainnvillea.
The following video from eattheweeds.com features seablite, a common salt tolerant plant with edible leaves:
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