Salt marsh Macroflora

I am working on a coastal salt marsh ecosystem, and need an organism which has a large trunk. From my poking around it seems to me a large woody grass, or a Prototaxites like fungus\lichen might best suit my needs, but I am not sure.

This organism needs to:

• Grow quickly, hopefully reach mature size after 2 - 6 months (anywhere in that range is fine).

• Have a trunk with a diameter at the ground of 0.5 - 1.5 meters at maturity (anywhere in that range is fine).

• Have some kind of root-like system, but it doesn't need to run deep, only a meter or so, though deeper than that is also acceptable.

• And of coarse survive well in the aforementioned salt marsh conditions.

Would an organism fulfilling these criteria be possible? I briefly considered something akin to a mangrove tree, however they lack the central trunk I'm looking for.

Any suggestions as for existing organisms, or designs for fictional ones, are welcome.

I would like to give a preemptive thank-you to anyone who takes the time out of their day to answer this question.

Links:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prototaxites

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_marsh

posted about 8 years ago

Myrdden Wyllt‭

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