species
Ruppia maritima
Beaked tasselweed · Ditch grass · Tassel pondweed · Widgeon grass
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Ruppia maritima belongs to the family Ruppiaceae, also known as Beaked tasselweed, Ditch grass, Tassel pondweed or Widgeon grass, native to the UK. It grows in full sun, where the ground is neutral or alkaline and in poorly drained or boggy conditions. It tolerates coastal exposure.
Assembled from the attributes recorded below.
What this plant needs
- Aspect
- Full sun
- Acidity
- Neutral, Alkaline
- Moisture
- Poorly drained, Boggy
- Coastal
- Tolerates salt wind
- In the UK
- Native
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