''Zostera angustifolia'' is a marine plant with creeping underground stems.
[Parnell, J.P. and Curtis, T. 2012. ''Webb's An Irish Flora''. Cork University Press. ]
Description
This species is similar to ''
Zostera marina
''Zostera marina'' is a flowering vascular plant species as one of many kinds of seagrass, with this species known primarily by the English name of eelgrass with seawrack much less used, and refers to the plant after breaking loose from the submer ...
''. Its leaves are narrower and are about 25 cm long and no more than 3 mm wide. The sheaths form a tube around the stem. The branched inflorescence is about 10 cm long.
Ecology
Estuaries and muddy areas at mid-tide and lower.
References
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