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Ruppiaceae
Beaked tasselweed
Ruppia maritima
Also known as Ditch-grass, Beaked ruppia, Tassel pondweed, Ruppia maritima var. longipes
Native Plants · Aquatic · Brackish · Saltwater · Submerged · Wetland · Estuarine · Waterfowl · Coastal · Pond Plant
Beaked tasselweed is an aquatic plant suited to brackish or saltwater environments such as tidal marshes, estuaries, and coastal ponds. It requires consistent salinity levels and full submersion, making it challenging outside of a dedicated aquatic or paludarium setup. It provides important habitat and food for migratory waterfowl and shorebirds.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Requires permanent submersion in brackish or saline water · Fully submerged; water level must remain constant
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.4–8.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Aldabra, Algeria, Altay, Angola, Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Aruba, Assam, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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