Fig. 2.

Habitats of Sarcocornia. (A) Inland quartz patch supporting stone-plant-rich succulent scrub, habitat of S. xerophila, Knersvlakte, Western Cape, South Africa; (B) edge of the subtropical Avicennia marina mangrove fringed by dense carpet of low-growth carpet-forming S. quinqueflora, Little Lagoon, Denham, Western Australia; (C) colourful mosaic of light-coloured patches of non-clonal patch-forming short-lived herbaceous S. natalensis subsp. affinis and deep-purple, dense populations of the west Coast ecotype of S. meyeriana, Jakkalsrivier Lagoon near Lambert’s Bay, West Coast, South Africa; (D) high-altitude salt pan at Moquegua, Peru – habitat of S. pulvinata; (E) supratidal terrace of the coastal salinas near San Quintin, Baja California, Mexico, with S. pacifica, Arthrocnemum terminale and Sporobolus virginicus (Lycium sp. in foreground); (F) bank of coastal lagoon (Harvey Lake) cut of the sea (Indian Ocean) near Preston in Western Australia – the fringes of the lake are habitats of S. blackiana; (G) strandline separating the low-tidal microterrace with S. tegetaria and slightly elevated terrestrial (supratidal terrace) with S. pillansii (West Coast arid ecotype) in the semi-arid estuary of the Olifants River Mouth near Vredendal, Namaqualand, South Africa. All photos: L. Mucina (except for D: D. Montesinos Tubée).