Cymodoceaceae
Thalassodendron ciliatum
Thalassodendron ciliatum
Also known as Zostera ciliata, Phucagrostis ciliata, Cymodocea ciliata
Tropical Plants · Native Plants · Seagrass · Marine Plant · Tropical · Saltwater · Aquatic · Thalassodendron · Indo-Pacific · Coastal Ecology · Underwater Plant · Conservation
Thalassodendron ciliatum is a tropical marine seagrass found in Indo-Pacific coastal and reef environments and is entirely unsuitable for cultivation outside of specialized marine research or conservation settings. It requires warm, clear, fully saline seawater and stable underwater light conditions to survive. This species holds significant ecological importance as a habitat for marine life but has no practical application as a home or garden plant.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 4 hours
- Watering
- Requires full marine submersion in a tropical saltwater environment at all times · Continuously submerged in saltwater
- 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
- Aldabra, Andaman Is., Caroline Is., Chagos Archipelago, Cocos (Keeling) Is., Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gulf States, Iran, Jawa, Kenya, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesser Sunda Is., Madagascar, Maldives, Maluku, Mauritius, Mozambique
Sources: trefle
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