around the coastal waters of the United Kingdom and Ireland.
Includes notes on their identification, and where and how to find them.
Images taken of eelgrass beds occuring across the south coast of Cornwall. Images taken at Hannafore near Looe, Marazion near St. Michael's Mount and at Long Rock near Penzance. Eel-grass is a nationally rare species and is a very sensitive species, it can be affected by pollution, disease, trampling by humans and by anchoring. It is a very important species in that it provides a very important habitat for a wide range of animal species.
Zostera marina,	Common Eel-grass, Eelgrass, Sea Grass, Seagrass, Grass Wrack, Gemeines Seegras, Gewoon zeegras, Zostère marine, Hierba de mar.