Your sea grass is so different from our sea weed, which is quite large in structure. When it washes up it leaves big mounds on our beaches. I guess last week was storm week everywhere, we sure had a bad one.
@louannwarren Thanks Lou Ann. Seaweed and seagrass are totally different.
Seagrass can easily be confused with seaweed, but there are many important differences between the two. While seagrasses are considered vascular plants and have roots, stems and leaves, seaweed are multi-cellular algae and have little or no vascular tissues.
I will post a photo of seagrass beds tomorrow to show you what it looks like in the ocean.
Seagrass is the only flowering plant in the sea according to David Attenborough. I learned that a few weeks ago when I watched a documentary of his.
@onewing thank you! We avoid the sea weed because it gets so slimy and smelly as it decomposes. There are huge seaweed fields in the Pacific off of the California coast that are harvested for the many uses of seaweed. The seaweed off the Texas coast is just a nuisance though.
I have never seen sea grass before, I have only heard of it in relation to mats & floor coverings, not sure if it's the same kind as this. They look beautiful together! We have sea weed on some of our beaches though not our nearest one at Blackpool, I have never seen seaweed there.
Seagrass can easily be confused with seaweed, but there are many important differences between the two. While seagrasses are considered vascular plants and have roots, stems and leaves, seaweed are multi-cellular algae and have little or no vascular tissues.
I will post a photo of seagrass beds tomorrow to show you what it looks like in the ocean.
Seagrass is the only flowering plant in the sea according to David Attenborough. I learned that a few weeks ago when I watched a documentary of his.