Gulf Coast Sea Rocket
Cakile constricta
Found in beaches, coastal sands. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you
Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?
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At a glance
Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Light · Soil · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom
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Recorded in 2 Alabama counties.
Natural habitats
Places it grows wild. Not a planting requirement. Each habitat page lists the plants and wildlife also found there.
Open sand of beaches, dunes and the hollows between them.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food. 59 animals.
- American OystercatcherHaematopus palliatus
- American White PelicanPelecanus erythrorhynchos
- Bank SwallowRiparia riparia
- Black SkimmerRynchops niger
- Black-bellied PloverPluvialis squatarola
- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticorax
- Boat-tailed GrackleQuiscalus major
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
- Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis
- Caspian TernHydroprogne caspia
- Chimney SwiftChaetura pelagica
- Common Ground-doveColumbina passerina
- Common LoonGavia immer
- Common NighthawkChordeiles minor
- Common TernSterna hirundo
- DunlinCalidris alpina
- Eastern Brown PelicanPelecanus occidentalis carolinensis
- Field SparrowSpizella pusilla
- Fish CrowCorvus ossifragus
- Gray KingbirdTyrannus dominicensis
- Great EgretArdea alba
- Great Horned OwlBubo virginianus
- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon nilotica
- Horned LarkEremophila alpestris
Who uses this plant?
3CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL
Genus host records with ranges including AL · Cakile
- Ascia monusteGreat Southern White
- Euxoa detersaRubbed Dart, Sandhill Cutworm
- Pontia protodiceCheckered White
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Brassicaceae
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Conservation status
| Alabama rank | SNR |
|---|---|
| Global rank | Not available |
| AL status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
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Sources
- Alabama Plant Atlas
- Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025)
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications

























