Sea beet
Sometimes called 'Wild spinach', Sea beet can be cooked and eaten. It grows wild on shingle beaches, cliffs and bare ground near to the sea, as well as in saltmarshes.
Sometimes called 'Wild spinach', Sea beet can be cooked and eaten. It grows wild on shingle beaches, cliffs and bare ground near to the sea, as well as in saltmarshes.
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A large colourful sea slug found on rocky shores around the UK.
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Sea lettuce is unmistakeable - most often a bright green and always translucent, it is found on all UK coasts.
As its name suggests, Sea spurge is found at the coast. It is an attractive plant that displays cup-shaped, greeny-yellow flowers and fleshy, grey-green leaves.
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A small colourful sea slug that can be found grazing on sea mats on the rocky shore and beyond the low water mark.