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: a submerged long-leaved monocotyledonous marine plant (Zostera marina) that is found especially in coastal temperate waters and whose dried stems and leaves are used especially as packing material in woven goods
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There’s no eelgrass restoration.
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Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
On a summer morning, few experiences rival floating down this glassy waterway in an inner tube, surrounded by fish, wading birds, and waving eelgrass below the surface.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Many game-fish species spawn in the waving beds of eelgrass and other species.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
This is part of a larger effort to revitalize the lagoon to buffer against sea level rise and increase habitat for endangered wildlife such as California least terns and a more recent visitor, Eastern Pacific green sea turtles that feed on the lagoon’s eelgrass.
—Jeff Regan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
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Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
On a summer morning, few experiences rival floating down this glassy waterway in an inner tube, surrounded by fish, wading birds, and waving eelgrass below the surface.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Many game-fish species spawn in the waving beds of eelgrass and other species.
—Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2025
This is part of a larger effort to revitalize the lagoon to buffer against sea level rise and increase habitat for endangered wildlife such as California least terns and a more recent visitor, Eastern Pacific green sea turtles that feed on the lagoon’s eelgrass.
—Jeff Regan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2025
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“Eelgrass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eelgrass. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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eelgrass
noun
eel·grass
ˈē(ə)l-ˌgras 
: a saltwater plant that is a monocotyledon and has long ribbonlike leaves
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