Marsh Penny-wort

Groundcover in moist areas. Can be mowed.

Not salt tolerant of inundation by salty or brackish water.



Low/no tolerance of salty wind or direct salt spray

Often considered a pest in over-watered lawns. If the lawn is replaced by the "pest" the effect can be attractive.

Cutthroat seep, wet prairie, dome swamp. Somestimes in floating mats.

• Interesting foliage
• Attracts bees.  A study at the Archbold Biological Station identified the following families of bees using this species:
• Halictidae: Halictus poeyi
• Pompilidae: Episyron conterminus posterus
• Sphecidae: Cerceris blakei, Ectemnius rufipes ais, Epinysson mellipes, Hoplisoides denticulatus denticulatus, Oxybelus emarginatus, Tachysphex apicalis, T. similis
• Vespidae: Leptochilus alcolhuus, Parancistrocerus salcularis rufulus
• Archbold Biological Station as cited in the Coastal Plants Wiki.