Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Na.
Class:
Na.
Order:
Alismatales
Family:
Zosteraceae
Genus:
Zostera
Species:
Z. marina
Binomial name (link Wikipedia)
Canary Seagrass
Jonc De Mer Canari
Kanarische Seegras
Praderas de Canarias
Canarische Zeegras
Description
Zostera marina is a species of seagrass known by the common names common eelgrass and seawrack. It is an aquatic plant native to marine
environments on the coastlines of mostly northern sections of North America and Eurasia.
This species is the most wide-ranging marine flowering plant in the Northern Hemisphere. It lives in cooler ocean waters in the North Atlantic and
North Pacific, and in the warmer southern parts of its range it dies off during warmer seasons. It grows in the Arctic region and endures several
months of ice cover per year. It is the only seagrass known from Iceland. It can be found in bays, lagoons, estuaries, on beaches, and in other
coastal habitat. The several ecotypes each have specific habitat requirements.[citation needed] It occurs in calmer waters in the sublittoral zone,
where it is rarely exposed to air. It anchors via rhizomes in sandy or muddy substrates and its leaves catch particulate debris in the water which
then collects around the bases of the plants, building up the top layer of the seabed.
Plantae
Harry van Goor 2016
source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Categories: Canary Seagrass
