Salicornia depressa (Slender glasswort)

Salicornia depressa Standl.

Slender glasswort, samphire, chicken-claws, common glasswort, sleder glasswort

Kingdom	Plantae	Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta	Vascular plants—plants with a “circulatory system” for delivering water and nutrients
Division	Magnoliophyta	Flowering plants, also known as angiosperms
Class	Magnoliopsida	Dicotyledons—plants with two initial seed leaves
Subclass	Caryophyllidae	Cacti, many other succulents, carnivorous plants, and leadworts
Order	Caryophyllales	Includes cacti, carnations, amaranths, ice plants, and many carnivorous plants
Family	Amaranthaceae	Amaranth family
Genus	Salicornia	From the Greek sal, “salt,” and cornus, ”a horn,” because these are saline plants with hornlike branches
Species	depressa	Appearing to be pressed down flat