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Zostera nigricaulis
Zostera nigricaulis is a marine seagrass (eelgrass) of the Zosteraceae family, found on sheltered seabed in southern Australia and central Chile. It is a fully submerged plant that grows from rhizomes in coastal sediments rather than a land plant.
Zostera nigricaulis is a species of eelgrass native to the seacoasts of New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania, and across the Pacific in Chile. It was first discovered on Kangaroo Island in South Australia in 1988.
Species code: za · Species code: Zs · Species code: Zp · Zostera capricorni · Species code: Zl · Dwarf Eelgrass · Seawrack · Zostera mucronata · Species code: Zc · Zostera novazelandica · Species code: Zo · Species code: Zt
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zostera nigricaulis by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
