sea grass
Ocean floor vegetation
Sea grass refers to flowering plants that grow underwater in shallow coastal waters, forming meadows on sandy or muddy seafloors.
Unlike seaweed, which is algae, sea grasses are true plants with roots, leaves, and flowers.
These underwater meadows provide habitat for fish, sea turtles, and other marine life.
Also spelled seagrass.
- dugongHerbivorous marine mammal
- eelgrassSubmerged marine flowering plant
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- ocean floorUnderwater continental surface
- tidal flatPeriodically submerged coastal plain
carbon sequestration · nursery · erosion control · water filtration · fishing grounds · lagoon · intertidal zone · coastal ecosystem · habitat restoration · aquaculture · coral reef · marine life · manatee · rhizome · mangrove forest · pollution impact · bed · tide
- underwaterunderwater, submerged, immersed, seabed, seafloor
- aquatic plantseelgrass, lotus, water lily, kelp, pondweed
- lagoon ecosystemcoral lagoon, coastal lagoon, tidal lagoon, mangrove, coral reef
- water plantsduckweed, water lilies, waterlily, water lily, pondweed
- marine biologymarine life, ocean life, plankton, phytoplankton, zooplankton
- Baltic wildlifegrey seal, harbor seal, herring, cod, flounder
sea grassprairie grass
Flatland vegetation type
lawn grass · meadow grass · desert plants · turfgrass · pasture grass
sea grasskelp
Large brown marine algae
seaweed · algae · marine algae · red algae · green algae