Field Guide to Seagrasses of the Red Sea - Seagrass-Watch

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Close-up area (Plate 2) Mag. 20x (Plate 1) Curved ribbon leaf blade Curved leaf blade Fully enclosed leaf sheath Thick roots (Plate 3) Close-up area Thick rhizome covered by leaf scars Triangular leaf scars Bars of reddish or dark colored cells (Plate 4) Mag. 2x 50
Glossary Bullose: bulb-shaped or bulging surface. Diversity: variety, often expressed as a function of a number of species in a sample. Epiphyte: plants growing on the surface of other plants. Internodes: the part of the rhizome between two nodes. Leaf scars: the marks remaining on the rhizome or stem of a plant after a leaf has died. Leaf sheath: the protective cover for the young leaves, it encloses the growing tip of the rhizome. Leaf scale: a modified leaf, often small and membranous. Leeward: side protected from the wind. Nodes: the point on a plant rhizome from which the leaves and lateral shoots grow. Seagrass meadow: a large expanse of seagrass plants. Sediment: matter that settles to the bottom of a water body. Subtidal: beneath the low watermark. Vein: the clearly defined vascular bundle in a leaf, usually seen as slightly darker lines forming the framework of a leaf. Windward: side exposed to the wind. Field Guide to Seagrasses of the Red Sea 51
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