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Sado estuary, western Portugal
Scientific names of plants mentioned in the text
| Common name |
Scientific name |
| annual beard-grass |
Polypogon monspeliensis |
| annual sea-blite |
Suaeda maritima |
| bog-myrtle |
Myrica gale |
| brown galingale |
Cyperus fuscus |
| bulrush |
Typha latifolia |
| coastal crucianella |
Crucianella maritima |
| common reed |
Phragmites australis |
| common saltmarsh-grass |
Puccinellia maritima |
| common sea-lavender |
Limonium vulgare |
| cork oak |
Quercus suber |
| cottonweed |
Otanthus maritimus |
| cyperus sedge |
Carex pseudocyperus |
| eelgrass |
Zostera marina |
| French lavender |
Lavandula stoechas ssp. luisieri |
| golden-samphire |
Inula crithmoides |
| great fen-sedge |
Cladium mariscus |
| grey hair-grass |
Corynephorus canescens |
| gum cistus |
Cistus ladanifer |
| Hampshire purslane |
Ludwigia palustris |
| lentisc |
Pistacia lentiscus |
| lesser bulrush |
Typha angustifolia |
| maritime pine |
Pinus pinaster |
| marsh fern |
Thelypteris palustris |
| marsh pennywort |
Hydrocotyle vulgaris |
| marsh St John's-wort |
Hypericum elodes |
| palmate anemone |
Anemone palmata |
| perennial glasswort |
Sarcocornia perennis |
| Phoenician juniper |
Juniperus phoenicea ssp. turbinata |
| pseudorlaya |
Pseudorlaya pumila |
| purple glasswort |
Salicornia ramosissima |
| purple-loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
| rigid hornwort |
Ceratophyllum demersum |
| sage-leaved cistus |
Cistus salviifolius |
| sand stock |
Malcolmia littorea |
| sea club-rush |
Scirpus maritimus |
| sea daffodil |
Pancratium maritimum |
| sea knotgrass |
Polygonum maritimum |
| sea spurge |
Euphorbia paralias |
| sea-holly |
Eryngium maritimum |
| sea-purslane |
Halimione portulacoides |
| shrubby pimpernel |
Anagallis monelli |
| shrubby sea-blite |
Suaeda vera |
| small cord-grass |
Spartina maritima |
| Sodom's apple |
Solanum sodomaeum |
| southern birdsfoot-trefoil |
Lotus creticus |
| spiny thrift |
Armeria pungens |
| stone pine |
Pinus pinea |
| three-leaved snowflake |
Leucojum trichophyllum |
| water hyacinth |
Eichornia crassipes |
| water-plantain |
Alisma plantago-aquatica |
| wavy St John's-wort |
Hypericum undulatum |
| white broom |
Retama monosperma |
| white water lily |
Nymphaea alba |
| yellow flag |
Iris pseudacorus |
| yellow water lily |
Nuphar luteum |
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Gum Cistus
Cistus ladanifer
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Reports of other wildlife trips to Portugal:
BSBI Botanical Tour in Western Portugal - Trip Report 2006
Related information:
Wildlife of western Portugal - Serra da Arrábida
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