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| Seagrasses |
| Ribbon-like
seagrasses How to tell them apart? updated Aug 08 |
| Ribbon-like
These different kinds of ribbon-like seagrasses can look very similar. Here's some tips on telling them apart. |
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Smooth
ribbon seagrass
Cymodocea rotundata |
Serrated
ribbon seagrass
Cymodocea serrulata |
Sickle
seagrass
Thalassia hemprichii |
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Leaf
tip rounded with smooth edge.
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Leaf
tip rounded with serrated edge.
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Leaf
tip rounded may be slightly serrated.
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Leaf
sheath not obviously flattened.
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Leaf
sheath broadly flat and triangular, not fibrous.
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Leaf
sheath scars continuous
around upright stem. |
Leaf
sheath scars not continuous around upright stem.
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Distant
scars on rhizome
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Sometimes,
leaves may be curved.
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Sometimes,
leaves may be curved.
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Leaf
often distinctly curved
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Tape
seagrass
Enhalus acoroides |
Needle
seagrass |
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Leaf
edges are inrolled.
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Leaf
narrow with three distinct parallel veins and fibrous leaf sheaths.
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More comparisons
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Has
cylindrical leaves.
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Has
oval leaves.
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Has
tiny leaves that
emerge in a rosette. |
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