Zostera marina
Common Eel Grass, Common Eelgrass
Other regional names: Eelgrass +1 more
- Eelgrass
- Narrow Leaved Eelgrass
Also known as: Alga marina (L.) Lam. +19 more
- Alga marina (L.) Lam.
- Zostera hagstromii Druce
- Zostera latifolia Morong
- Zostera marina f. latifolia (Morong) Setch.
- Zostera marina f. sulcatifolia Setch.
- Zostera marina f. typica Setch.
- Zostera marina subsp. marina
- Zostera marina var. atam T.W.H.Backman
- Zostera marina var. izembekensis T.W.H.Backman
- Zostera marina var. latifolia Gray
- Zostera marina var. latifolia Morong
- Zostera marina var. major Roth
- Zostera marina var. marina
- Zostera marina var. phillipsii T.W.H.Backman
- Zostera marina var. stenophylla (Raf.) Asch. & Graebn.
- Zostera marina var. stenophylla Rafinesque
- Zostera maritima Gaertn.
- Zostera oceanica Weber, 1780
- Zostera oregana S.Watson
- Zostera oregona S.Watson, 1891
Botanical Data
- Taxonomic Rank: Species
- Botanical Family: Zosteraceae
- WCVP Morphological Data: Recorded natively as a rhizomatous hydrogeophyte.
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Zostera marina (commonly known as Common Eel-Grass) is a rhizomatous plant within the Zosteraceae family. It is found natively in Africa, Temperate Asia, Tropical Asia, Europe, North America, and South America. In its natural range, this species typically occurs in temperate conditions.
Macro Climate
Temperate
Plant Type
Bulb
Plant Type
Aquatic Plant
Native Range
Continents (WGSRPD)
AFRICA, ASIA-TEMPERATE, ASIA-TROPICAL, EUROPE, NORTHERN AMERICA, SOUTHERN AMERICA
Regions (WGSRPD)
Caribbean, Caucasus, Central America, China, Eastern Asia, Eastern Canada, Eastern Europe, Indian Subcontinent, Indo-China, Mexico, Middle Europe, Northeastern U.S.A., Northern Africa, Northern Europe, Northwestern U.S.A., Russian Far East, Southeastern Europe, Southeastern U.S.A., Southwestern Europe, Southwestern U.S.A., Subarctic America, Western Asia, Western Canada
Botanical Countries (WGSRPD L3)
Alaska, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bermuda, British Columbia, Bulgaria, C. American Pacific Is., California, China North-Central, Connecticut, Corse, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., Finland, France, Føroyar, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Greenland, Honduras, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Kamchatka, Khabarovsk, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Labrador, Magadan, Maine, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexican Pacific Is., Mexico Northwest, Morocco, Myanmar, Netherlands, New Brunswick, New Hampshire, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North European Russia, Northwest European Russia, Norway, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Oregon, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Prince Edward I., Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Sicilia, South European Russia, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Transcaucasus, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Virginia, Washington, Yugoslavia, Yukon