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Updated 6/14/2024

Family Hydrocharitaceae

HAWAII - ENDEMIC

Halophila hawaiiana   

Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, 8 feet

 

 

HAWAIIAN SEAGRASS

Forms patches on silty sand in shallow water.  Leaves erect, margins and surface smooth, base with long petiole.  Preyed upon by Green Sea Turtles and tiny nerite snails.  Endemic to Hawaii.