Batis (turtleweed saltwort beachwort or pickleweed) is a genus of two species of flowering plants the only genus in the family Bataceae. They are halophytic (salt tolerant) plants native to the coastal salt marshes of warm temperate and tropical America (B. maritima) and tropical Australasia (B. argillicola). Given a list of categories: company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, what category does the paragraph belong to?
Plant