sea sandwort
seaside sandplant
honckenya peploides latin

Sea Sandwort and Japanese rose grow in abundance at the beaches.

Jan Wolkers however experienced his stay on the island as an adventure and kept himself alive by catching shrimps and eel, and boiling sea sandwort.

Two constant species, Sea Rocket (Cakile maritima) and Sea Sandwort (Honkenya peploides), are found in this community.

Shingle species include Sea Sandwort, Spear-leaved Orache, Sea Rocket and Sea Kale.

Honckenya peploides, the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada), is the only species in the genus Honckenya of the flowering plant family Caryophyllaceae.

Some of the plant species include the Pyramidal orchid, Centaurium, sea sandwort and petalwort (which is on the List of endangered species in the British Isles) .

The flora of Norderoog is dominated by salt marsh vegetation like Salicornia and Spartina at the immediate shoreline, and meadows with Sea Sandwort and Sea Lavender.

In the nature reserve, there are plant species like Bladder Campion, Harebell, Armeria maritima, Sea kale, Glaux, Seriphidium maritimum, Sea Sandwort, and Gentianella uliginosa.

Honckenya peploides, the sea sandwort (UK) or seaside sandplant (Canada), is the only species in the genus Honckenya of the flowering plant family Caryophyllaceae.

The larvae feed on various sandhill plants, including Honckenya peploides and Elytrigia juncea, as well as Elymus arenarius, Rumex, Atriplex littoralis, Minuartia pebloides, Cakile maritima, Lathyrus maritimus and Asparagus.