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Hydrocharitaceae
Enhalus acoroides
Enhalus acoroides
Also known as Stratiotes acoroides, Enhalus marinus, Enhalus koenigii, Vallisneria sphaerocarpa
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Seagrass · Marine Plant · Aquatic · Tropical · Saltwater · Indo-Pacific · Coastal · Ecosystem · Hydrocharitaceae · Tape Seagrass
Enhalus acoroides, known as tape seagrass, is a large tropical marine seagrass found in shallow Indo-Pacific coastal waters and is not cultivable in typical home or garden settings. It requires warm, clear saltwater, a sandy or muddy seabed substrate, and ample sunlight penetration to survive and grow. This ecologically vital species provides critical habitat for marine fauna and is of interest primarily to marine biologists and aquatic ecosystem enthusiasts rather than conventional plant buyers
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Fully aquatic; requires permanent warm saltwater immersion in shallow coastal zones · Continuously submerged in warm shallow marine water
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–7
- Temperature
- -25°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 4b-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 12 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Andaman Is., Bismarck Archipelago, Borneo, Cambodia, Caroline Is., Hainan, India, Jawa, Kenya, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Malaya, Maldives, Maluku, Marianas, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nansei-Shoto, New Caledonia, New Guinea
Sources: trefle
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