IFAS on taccada:

https://plants.ifas.ufl.edu/plant-directory/scaevola-taccada/

Thank you so much. I'm an officer in a beach association up here and we've been told by the town to cut back on some of the vegetation on the property. I wanted to be sure before we hacked down something beneficial.

Good for you for checking. The most important plant to be sure you can identify is Lakela's Mint. Make sure everyone who will be doing anything there knows it. It doesn't grow anywhere else and is super-endangered these days.

Scaevola plumieri

Lakela's Mint (Dicerandra immaculata) / Photos

Does Lakela's Mint grow on the beach?

A couple of years ago I found a big patch of it while hiking in scrub along the railroad tracks. Apparently the state knows about it because there were markers all over the area.

Does Lakela's Mint grow on the beach?

Yes. There's a pretty large stand of it a bit north of the nuke, although they keep the exact location a secret to avoid having it poached.