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Japanese Eelgrass

Zostera japonica

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Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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27 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 10, February 9, March 14, April 17, May 26, June 23, July 18, August 16, September 14, October 11, November 9, December 9.
United States179
Canada178
British Columbia177
Washington133
Oregon46
China13
Taiwan Province12
Taiwan8
Hsinchu3
Russia3

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and allies · Alismatales
FamilySeagrasses · Zosteraceae
GenusEelgrasses · Zostera

Sources

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Practise Japanese Eelgrass with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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