Aber Taf is located in the central northern section of Carmarthen Bay in the south-west of Wales.

The site has a number of graduated zones of saltmarsh, their composition and species dependent on the amount of tidal inundation and grazing.

Less grazed areas, such as Laugharne and Ginst Point have stands of sea-purslane (Atriplex portulacoides).

Swampy areas have sea club-rush (Bolboschoenus maritimus) or the common reed (Phragmites australis).

[2] The site is notable for occurrences of two other rare plant species, the rock sea-lavender (Limonium procerum ssp.