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Hydrocharitaceae
Thalassia

not marked as a favorite taxon Thalassia testudinum Banks & Solander ex K.D. Koenig. Common name: Turtlegrass. Phenology: Jan-Dec. Habitat: Seagrass beds in estuarine waters. Distribution: E. coast of c. peninsular FL (Indian River County) to s. FL, north along the west coast of FL to the Panhandle, west to TX, thence south through Mexico and Central America to South America; West Indies.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = Bah, FNA22, K4, Meso6, S, S13, SFla, Tx, WH3. Basionym: Thalassia testudinum Banks & Sol. ex K.D.Koenig 1805

Links to other floras: = Thalassia testudinum - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 5

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image #1 of Thalassia testudinum© Joe MDO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joe MDO source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Thalassia testudinum© Alan Cressler: thalassia testudinum bed, bill baggs cape florida state park, key biscayne, miami-dade county, florida 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Thalassia testudinum© Alan Cressler: Thalassia testudinum, Rendezvous Bay, Saint John, U.S. Virgin Islands 2 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Thalassia testudinum© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷
image #5 of Thalassia testudinum© Joe MDO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joe MDO source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #6 of Thalassia testudinum© Joe MDO, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Joe MDO source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
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