Campbell was also a researcher who studied desert and coastal plants.
As a coastal plant it can deal very well with salty ocean spray.
It is a coastal plant found on the landward side of sand dunes.
Native coastal plants still flourish at Kalaeloa amongst two endangered plant species.
The term samphire is used for several unrelated species of coastal plant.
But as Japan's reactors have shown, coastal nuclear-power plants confront more serious dangers.
The three major coastal marine plants are algae, seagrasses and mangrove trees.
Despite being a coastal plant, it has been reported as being frost-resistant down to -7 C.
Then suddenly, the dense oak forest gave way to smaller coastal plants.
Fog is an essential summer water source for many Big Sur coastal plants.