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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Aroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and Allies
  6. Eel Grasses and Surf Grasses

family

Eel Grasses and Surf Grasses

Zosteraceae

Includes
4 native 1 introduced
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Surfgrasses 3 native
  • Seagrass 1 native

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native eel grasses and surf grasses All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Eelgrass Zostera marina food 31
  • Torrey's Surfgrass Phyllospadix torreyi food 12
  • Scouler's Surfgrass Phyllospadix scouleri food 3
  • Serrulate Surfgrass Phyllospadix serrulatus food 2

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