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Zostera marina

AuthorityL.
FamilyLiliopsida:Alismatidae:Alismatales:Zosteraceae
Synonyms
Common namesceba do rio, cirigo, eelgrass, grass-wrack, limo de fita, sea grass, sea-wrack, ulva marina, zostera marinha, zozima
Editor
Ecocrop code11015



Notes
SOURCES
National AS 1975 pp 24-27 [DRA, SAL, TEXT,
Goodin J 1990 pp 19 [SAL]

GROWING PERIOD
Marine flowering plant.

COMMON NAMES
Eelgrass.

FURTHER INF
Eelgrass is native of the coasts of the northern hemisphere from the subarctic to the subtropic. Rainfall is not so important since the plant grows fully submerged in shallow seawater. Tidal action is required, since these grasses apparently cannot grow in stagnant water. Grows well in the Gulf of California.
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