I found this plant and about a dozen others that had been planted close to the water. ( So I imagine they were purchased) .The body of water is Three Mile Harbor in East Hampton NY-- it is tidal marsh. So these plants were in the wetland and are salt tolerant, appear to be perennial. There are a prolific amount of new seedlings coming up. They are on a property that has recently been acquired by the Town for Open Space preservation. I would like to find out what this plant is and should we take steps to remove them or just let them be (if they are not invasive).
I think the long thin bit is going to be the flowers. Please can you add further pics when they open.
It may be awhile before the blossoms but I did take a picture of the seed heads and a stalk that will have the flowers -- hope this helps
This is causing quite a stir in our community. We know it is non-native. Some botanists looked at the pics and thought L vulgare. That's what we assumed and are taking measures to remove it (permission from NYS DEC since it is occurring in tidal wetlands). We got flowering samples and sent to several botanists. One says that it is not L. vulgare and he has to consult other experts. It's flowering now and is easy now to see that it is spreading in the wetland.
I will be going out on Thursday for removal of this plant. I will try and get better pictures. But I will post what I have.
We went to remove the plants today. Thousands!! We did manage to remove all the plants that were blossoming or had blossomed. We found three nursery tags-- the plants supposedly are Limonium latifolium. Online--- Cornell University says it is non-aggressive, non-invasive but in this tidal marsh it sure is.
