Seacoast Marshelder
Iva imbricata
Summary 6
Iva imbricata is a species of flowering plant in the aster family known by the common name Dune Marsh-elder. It is native to the Caribbean and coastal areas of the Southeastern United States. It is a low shrub, found on sand dunes and the upper beach. It is a highly salt tolerant plant, and is often the most oceanward perennial plant.
National distribution 7
United States
Origin: Unknown/UndeterminedRegularity: Regularly occurring
Currently: Unknown/Undetermined
Confidence: Confident
Sources and Credits
- (c) Jason Sharp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8160/7372884762_46385e17cb_o.jpg
- (c) Jason Sharp, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8011/7372884918_9c318aab6a_o.jpg
- (c) Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://collections.nmnh.si.edu/services/media.php?env=botany&irn=10355397
- (c) "<a href=""http://www.knps.org"">Kentucky Native Plant Society</a>. Scanned by <a href=""http://www.omnitekinc.com/"">Omnitek Inc</a>.", some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), http://plants.usda.gov/java/largeImage?imageID=ivim_001_avd.tif
- Mason Brock (Masebrock). Original uploader was user at project|Masebrock|wikipedia|en, no known copyright restrictions (public domain), https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/Iva_imbricata.jpg
- (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iva_imbricata
- (c) NatureServe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), http://eol.org/data_objects/29068000
More Info
- iNat taxon page
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- eFloras.org
- Flora of North America (beta)
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants
- IPNI (with links to POWO, WFO, and BHL)
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- SEINet Symbiota portals
- Tropicos
- USDA PLANTS database
- World Flora Online
