Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
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Hydrocharitaceae | Halophila baillonis | Reported, apparently falsely, for the FL Keys, though present in the Caribbean and may wash up on s. FL shores. | ![]() | ||
Hydrocharitaceae | Halophila decipiens | Caribbean Seagrass | Estuarine waters. | C. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies, Mexico (VER), Central America and n. South America. | ![]() |
Hydrocharitaceae | Halophila engelmannii | Engelmann’s Seagrass | Estuarine waters. | S. FL, west along Gulf Coast (MS, LA) to TX; West Indies; Mexico (TAM, VER) to Central America. | ![]() |
Hydrocharitaceae | Halophila ovalis | Johnson’s Seagrass | Estuarine waters. | Indo-Pacific regions; also West Indies and s. FL (perhaps by introduction?). | ![]() |