eelgrass
Vallisneria latin

"My little creek here used to be full of eelgrass," he said.

Farmers may also sometimes remove eelgrass from their farming areas.

The eelgrass was thus able to survive the catastrophic impact of the disease.

But perhaps the most important thing to know is that nothing to do with eelgrass was ever remotely intended by anybody.

Eelgrass is one of a very few underwater marine flowering plants.

The tale of Mumford's eelgrass is only partly about nature, however.

Eelgrass is a common name for several plants and may refer to:

Plans for restoring the eelgrass are still being devised.

Also, there are more predators in the area and less eelgrass, where the scallops nest.

Learn how to use eelgrass to oxygenate your pond, fountain, or water garden.

One meadow of cloned eelgrass was determined to be 3000 years old, genetically.

Up came a green clutch of eelgrass - short, perhaps a bit stunted from the cold winter - but alive and well.

The eelgrass community provides habitat for several organisms, especially the young of fish and invertebrates.

By the late 1960's, eelgrass was nearly as abundant as before.

Eelgrass has a complex role in the estuarine ecosystem.

"Another thing we haven't figured out as yet is what causes mass mortality of eelgrass," Short said.

Eelgrass was also used as fodder for cattle and to thatch roofs.

Bottom dwelling rockfish have also seen a decline due to a lack of eelgrass.

A number of reasons contribute to the decline in eelgrass population, including, but not limited to:

Scallops nest in eelgrass, which helps keep them off the bottom and hidden from predators.

Straw-colored eelgrass leans with the wind beneath a bare willow.

Just rake up that storm-delivered eelgrass and spread it for mulch.

A blight decimated the eelgrass, which ended harvesting of the plant.

Eelgrass is also an important food source for waterfowl, especially Brant, a type of goose.

High salinity and warmer temperatures speed the progress of the eelgrass wasting disease.

Being a tall plant with ribbon-like leaves, it looks like a Vallisneria.

With few exceptions, the commonly traded Vallisneria are tolerant and adaptable.

Vallisneria is a genus of freshwater aquatic plant.

Various strains of Vallisneria are commonly kept in tropical and subtropical aquaria.

Vallisneria is a submersed plant that spreads by runners and sometimes forms tall underwater meadows.

It prefers sandy substrates with patches of Vallisneria.

E. angustifolius looks like Vallisneria when growing well.

"And your research on Vallisneria?"

The freshwater plant genus Vallisneria commemorates him.

Vallisneria americana grows under water and is consumed by various animals, including the canvasback.

One lives at the bases of rosettes of the plant Vallisneria, while the other burrows in the sand.

A medium sized variety, Vallisneria spiralis is also very popular, typically having leaves 30 to 60 cm in length.

"I have my duties--my research on Vallisneria.

However, real plants like Vallisneria or Anubias can be tried in a cichlid tank.

Clear water - algae, mosses, Freshwater eel grass (Vallisneria americana).

Vallisneria americana (N)

Old river beds, ponds, marshy land and other watery regions have a copious vegetation of vallisneria and other plants.

Aquatic (Elodea, Vallisneria, Lotus)

Some plants grow from a spongy rootstock, as in the case of Vallisneria, Sagittaria or Ottelia species.

Vallisneria will accept neutral to alkaline water conditions (they do not like very acidic conditions) and do not require carbon dioxide fertilization.

In their wintering grounds in China, they have been noted to feed to a large extent on the submerged leaves of Vallisneria spiralis.

Examples include elodea (Elodea canadensis) and eelgrass (Vallisneria americana).

Because goldfish will eat new plant growth, use fast-growing varieties, such as Elodea canadensis, Ludwigia and Vallisneria.

The lake supports beds of Vallisneria americana and Sagittaria stagnorum but contains no hydrilla.

These include dwarf forms such as Vallisneria tortifolia, a variety with leaves around 15 to 20 cm in length and characterised by having thin, tightly coiled leaves.