Manatee Grass

Syringodium filiforme, commonly known as manatee grass, is a species of marine seagrass. It forms meadows in shallow sandy or muddy locations in the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, and is also found in the Bahamas and Bermuda. It occurs to a depth of about 20 m (66 ft), and even deeper where water is very clear.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Manatee Grass being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Halodule wrightii
• Halodule uninervis
• Cymodocea nodosa
• Zostera noltii
• Thalassia testudinum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Alismatales

Family

Cymodoceaceae

Genus

Syringodium

Species

Syringodium filiforme

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