Originally Posted by
MysticTree
Where beaches around our coast have mud rather than sand - damn wish I had taken a picture when i was out - the mud forms hard flats which is where the marsh samphire grows. This area is below the high tide line so the samphire is under sea water for maybe 6 hours a day (that is a total guess really). You can pick it in the summer months, at the end of which it turns yellows and dies back.
It then comes back the following year which is why from a sustainability point of view it should be cut not pulled.
It is available in France for sure and probably parts of Ireland but other than that I am not sure. If you are ever this way late June - early August drop me a message and I will be sure you get some! I would send you some by post if I thought it would get there quickly enough but I feel sure it would spoil :( Which part of the world are you in?