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Zostera marina

Flowering Plants

Zostera marina, commonly called common eelgrass or eelgrass, is a flowering vascular plant and one of many kinds of seagrass. It is a saline, soft sediment submerged plant native to marine coastlines of the northern latitudes, from subtropical to subpolar regions of North America and Eurasia. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Zostera marina 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Alismatales, Taxa
Source Zostera marina (Wikidata)

In Biome

Marine, Biomes
Source Zostera marina (Wikipedia)
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Sources
1. Zostera marina (Wikipedia)
  • System/realm (stated plainly in the entity own recorded description)
    It is a saline, soft sediment submerged plant native to marine coastlines of the northern latitudes, from subtropical to subpolar regions of North America and Eurasia.
  • Speciesbox infobox, conservation status parameter
    status = LC
  • In Biome: Marine, Wikipedia intro: "ocean current and waves to a coast seashore. It is a saline soft-sediment submerged plant native to marine environments on the coastlines of northern latitudes..."
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2. Zostera marina (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q21128 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Alismatales, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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