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Zostera tasmanica
Also called Tasman Grass Wreck
Zostera tasmanica is a marine seagrass (eelgrass) found in shallow coastal waters of southern and southeastern Australia. It is an aquatic, rhizome-forming plant that grows submerged on sandy or muddy seabeds, not a land plant to grow at home.
Zostera tasmanica is a species of marine eelgrass in the Zosteraceae family. It is native to the seacoasts of Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, and Western Australia.
Species code: za · Species code: Zs · Species code: Zp · Zostera capricorni · Species code: Zl · Dwarf Eelgrass · Seawrack · Zostera mucronata · Species code: Zc · Species code: Zg · Zostera novazelandica · Species code: Zo
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Zostera tasmanica 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.
