Coast, water and marginal plants
There are many different plants around the world that have adapted to grow in the salty conditions you get in coastal sand dunes or salt marshes. Other plants have been adapted to grow in water in ponds or lakes or in the marginal marshy areas next to the ponds
In this gallery
The gallery on this page contains a range of images of plants that have been taken in coastal or wet conditions. This includes the pretty pinks of the sea thrift or water violets, the delicate colours of the sea spurrey or round leaved crowfoots or the bright yellow of a coltsfoot growing amongst the rocks