Eel-grass

Vallisneria americana

Summary 2

Vallisneria americana, commonly called wild celery, water-celery, tape grass, or eelgrass, is a plant in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the "tape-grasses". V. americana is a fresh water species that can tolerate salt, living in salinities varying from fresh water (0 parts per thousand) to 18 parts per thousand, although the limit to the salt tolerance is unclear, and is generally dependent on the duration and intensity of the plants exposure t

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  1. (c) Serge Gosselin, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/63008980@N06/5730286487
  2. (c) Wikipedia, alguns direitos reservados (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vallisneria_americana

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