Herbs; nodes with 2 roots. Leaves: sheath 4–20 cm, margins not overlapping; blade 30–60 cm ´ 1–4 mm, margins serrulate distally, apex obtuse to truncate or rarely slightly notched; veins 5–7. Generative shoot 1–6 cm, nodes 1, without leaves, of 1(–2) spathes. Inflorescences: peduncles 11–40 ´ 1–2 mm; staminate bract 4–5.5 ´ 2–3 mm; pistillate bract 4–8 ´ 1.5–2 mm, base not narrowed, apex obtuse to truncate. Fruits 4–5 ´ 5 mm.

Phenology: Flowering and fruiting summer.
Habitat: Upper tidal to subtidal, attached to rocks or rarely on deep clay substrates
Elevation: - 6 m

Distribution

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B.C., Alaska.

Discussion

Selected References

Felger, R. and M. B. Moser. 1973. Eelgrass (Zostera marina L.) in the Gulf of California: Discovery of its nutritional value by the Seri Indians. Science, ser. 2, 181: 355--356.

Ostenfeld, C. H. 1905. Preliminary remarks on the distribution and the biology of the Zostera of the Danish seas. Bot. Tidsskr. 27: 123--125.

Lower Taxa

None.