Seagrass Carpet

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Seagrass are angiosperms that are completely adapted to the marine environment. It has long, thin leaves like grass. However, some of them can have leaves that are oval-shaped and come in pairs.

Often mistaken for algae (seaweed), seagrass differ from algae in many places. Algae live on the seabed have holdfasts, no flowers, no roots, and deliver nutrition throughout their bodies through osmosis. Meanwhile, seagrass are plants with flowers and seeds, roots underneath the seabed, and a metabolic system

Seagrass can often be found in shallow water near shores, salt swamps and estuaries. In tropical climates, seagrass usually grow along mangrove plants. There are only about 60 species of seagrass over the world. In South East Asia, Vietnam is the third most diverse in terms of seagrass with 14 species, only behind Philippines (16 species) and Malaysia (13 species)