Seagrasses

SEAGRASSES (phylum Anthophyta), flowering vascular plants, are not true grasses but are related to lilies. Eel-grass (Zostera marina and the dwarf Zostera japonica) is a pale green ribbon-like plant that grows in abundant meadows, rooted in sand-mud bottoms in protected or sheltered waters. It is a common surface for the deposit of HERRING spawn and provides shelter for a variety of organisms. Surf-grass, the most common species of which is Phyllospadix scouleri, is a brighter emerald green in...

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