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Sea lymegrass
This large rhizomatous plant grows 1 to 1.25 m tall. It has long, broad, ribbon-like, bluish-green leaves.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyPoaceae (Gramineae) -
Sea-milkwort
This short (approximately 20 cm) rhizomatous plant forms carpets. It is smooth, fleshy and bluish-green in colour. Its small leaves are arranged in rosettes around the stem.
Plant formHerbaceous shoreline plantFamilyPrimulaceae -
Seaside goldenrod
This plant grows up to 0.5 m tall. Its sturdy stem is stiff, upright and unramified. The numerous leaves are alternate and elongated, with a prominent vein on the underside.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae) -
Sedges
These plants resemble grasses, except for their flowers and fruit. They grow 7 to 120 cm tall. Their leaves are usually linear, pointed and sometimes sharp-edged.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyCyperaceae -
Sensitive-fern, bead-fern
Like ostrich fern, sensitive fern has two types of leaves, or fronds. The fertile fronds are brown and dry and leathery looking. They bear small bead-like spikes.
Plant formFernFamilyDryopteridaceae -
Sharp-lobed liverleaf
This small plant grows in clumps. The leaves are broader than they are long and have 3 to 5 pointed lobes with hairy undersides. The flowers have 5 or 6 petals, ranging from white to mauve.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyRanunculaceae -
Sheep laurel
This 15 cm to 1 m tall shrub grows in shrubby, often extensive colonies. Its bark is reddish on new shoots, becoming grey and split with age.
Plant formBroad-leaved shrubFamilyEricaceae -
Silverrod, pale goldenrod
This plant grows 15 to 120 cm tall. The leaves near the base of the stem are oval, while those higher up the stem are smaller, narrower and almost stemless. The flowers have whitish rays.
Plant formHerbaceous terrestrial plantFamilyAsteraceae (Compositae) -
Silvery glade fern
This average-sized fern (1 m) grows in crowns and forms small colonies. Its leaves, or fronds, are slender, deeply cut and feather-shaped, resembling those of cinnamon fern and ostrich fern.
Plant formFernFamilyDryopteridaceae -
Soursop, graviola, guanábana
This is a small tree, 4 to 8 m high.
The simple, alternate leaves are thick, shiny on the upper surface and 6 to 12 cm long. and 2.5 to 6 cm wide. They have no hairs.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyAnnonaceae -
Spanish cedar, cigar-box wood
Despite its name, this plant is not coniferous. It is a large tree with a fissured trunk sometimes over 30 m tall. Its long leaves are up to 70 cm long and generally composed of 10 to 22 leaflets.
Plant formDeciduous treeFamilyMeliaceae -
Speckled alder, alder
This low shrub, tall shrub or small tree may reach up to 12 m tall. It grows in clumps, often forming dense thickets.
Plant formBroadleaf treeFamilyBetulaceae