Thalassia hemprichii, called Pacific turtlegrass, is a widespread species of seagrass in the family Hydrocharitaceae, native to the shores of the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, and the western Pacific Ocean. Its growth rate increases with CO2 enrichment, and it can tolerate lowered light conditions caused by algal blooms, allowing for it to respond positively to ocean acidification and other disturbances.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Sickle seagrass 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
- Thalassia testudinum
- Enhalus acoroides
- Posidonia australis
- Halodule uninervis
- Halophila stipulacea
- Amphibolis griffithii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Genus
- Thalassia
- Species
- Thalassia hemprichii
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