Plantae > Tracheophyta > Liliopsida > Alismatales > Zosteraceae > Phyllospadix > Phyllospadix torreyi

Phyllospadix torreyi (Torrey's surfgrass)

Wikipedia Abstract

Phyllospadix torreyi, Torrey's surfgrass, is a plant species found along the Pacific Coasts of British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California and Baja California (including Guadalupe Island). It grows in salt marshes in the intertidal zones. Phyllospadix torreyi is a grass-like plant with toothless leaves up to 60 cm long.
View Wikipedia Record: Phyllospadix torreyi

Attributes

Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Dioecious
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Herb
Usage [1]  The bleached leaves have been used to make baskets;
Height [1]  6.56 feet (2 m)
View Plants For A Future Record : Phyllospadix torreyi

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Farallon National Wildlife Refuge IV 352 California, United States
Olympic Biosphere Reserve II 922805 Washington, United States
Pacific Rim National Park Reserve II 137900 British Columbia, Canada

Predators

Range Map

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
♦ 2USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Serviere-Zaragoza, E., Gòmez-López, D., & Ponce-Déaz, G. (1998). The natural diet of the green abalone (Haliotis fulgens Philippi) in the southern part of its range, Baja California Sur, Mexico, assessed by an analysis of gut contents. Journal of Shellfish Research, 17(3), 777-782
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0