Syringodium filiforme manatee grass
Kingdom: PLANTAE
Division: ANTHOPHYTA
Class: MONOCOTYLEDONEAE
Order: HELOBIAE
Family: POTAMOGETONACEAE
Genus: Syringodium
Species: filiforme
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
- Leaves are terete
- Leaf blades are 10- 30 cm long and 0.8- 2 mm wide
- Leaves have 2 pericentral veins
HABITAT
- Restricted to the subtidal zones and thrives at 0.7- 0. 5 m
deep
- Often occurs in mixed meadows with Thalassia testudinum
- May form monospecific meadows down to 18 m deep
DISTRIBUTION
- Distributed in the western tropical Atlantic, the Gulf of
Mexico, eastern Florida, and Bermuda
Image Credit: Ronald C. Phillips
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