eelgrass
Zostera latin

"My little creek here used to be full of eelgrass," he said.

Farmers may also sometimes remove eelgrass from their farming areas.

The eelgrass was thus able to survive the catastrophic impact of the disease.

But perhaps the most important thing to know is that nothing to do with eelgrass was ever remotely intended by anybody.

Eelgrass is one of a very few underwater marine flowering plants.

The tale of Mumford's eelgrass is only partly about nature, however.

Eelgrass is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

Plans for restoring the eelgrass are still being devised.

Also, there are more predators in the area and less eelgrass, where the scallops nest.

Learn how to use eelgrass to oxygenate your pond, fountain, or water garden.

One meadow of cloned eelgrass was determined to be 3000 years old, genetically.

Up came a green clutch of eelgrass - short, perhaps a bit stunted from the cold winter - but alive and well.

The eelgrass community provides habitat for several organisms, especially the young of fish and invertebrates.

By the late 1960's, eelgrass was nearly as abundant as before.

Eelgrass has a complex role in the estuarine ecosystem.

"Another thing we haven't figured out as yet is what causes mass mortality of eelgrass," Short said.

Eelgrass was also used as fodder for cattle and to thatch roofs.

Bottom dwelling rockfish have also seen a decline due to a lack of eelgrass.

A number of reasons contribute to the decline in eelgrass population, including, but not limited to:

Scallops nest in eelgrass, which helps keep them off the bottom and hidden from predators.

Straw-colored eelgrass leans with the wind beneath a bare willow.

Just rake up that storm-delivered eelgrass and spread it for mulch.

A blight decimated the eelgrass, which ended harvesting of the plant.

Eelgrass is also an important food source for waterfowl, especially Brant, a type of goose.

High salinity and warmer temperatures speed the progress of the eelgrass wasting disease.

These also grow on other seagrasses such as Zostera marina.

Stands of Zostera marina are particularly frequent in western Scotland.

Zostera often forms beds in bay mud in the estuarine setting.

Zostera seagrasses cover about 25 km of the lagoon bed.

Zostera marina is widespread throughout northern areas of the Northern Hemisphere.

There are currently 15 species of Zostera:

Examples are found in genera such as Thalassia and Zostera.

Found on muddy sands especially among Eelgrass, Zostera marina.

Common in the zostera growth.

Conservation and restoration efforts of Zostera marina habitats have been plenty since their rapid decline started several decades ago.

The abundant Zostera and protective grasslands provide an ideal environment for the fall staging of various bird species.

The genus Zostera contains 15 species.

Most Zostera are perennial.

Many different species of algae grow epiphytically on Zostera noltei.

Salt-marsh exists around most of the area which includes all three British species of Zostera.

Eelgrass, Zostera marina, is sometimes affected by seagrass wasting disease.

Note on the Embryo of Zostera.

Eelgrass (Zostera) and algae may be swallowed incidentally.

After the planktonic stage, they prefer to settle in Zostera sea grass beds and estuaries.

Zostera has also been used as packing material and as stuffing for mattresses and cushions.

This plant should not be confused with Zostera species, marine seagrasses that are usually also given the common name "eelgrass".

Zostera noltei has a creeping rhizome that runs along under the surface of the seabed.

The most commonly consumed plant is the eelgrass Zostera capensis (syn.

Zostera marina is found on sandy substrates or in estuaries submerged or partially floating.

This small limpet used to live on the blades of Zostera marina, a species of seagrass.