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Team 6 Eelgrass A.KA Zostera marine Eelgrass is tall, wet and a greenish color. It needs water and sun to survive. Eelgrass is very important for different types of fish. It can grow on rocks, sea ground and sand eelgrass beds have a really important role on the life cycle of fish. Since eelgrass has roots on the ground it prevents erosion. The eelgrass is long and provides food for marine life animals. It can grow up to be more then 45 feet. Eelgrass is used for medication in some countries. It is used for fish and other things to hide when they are being hunted. The grass beds are also places for them to live it is home and food for some animals. Eelgrass depends on the estuary sun and water. They live in the shallow water tide pools and wide spread of eelgrass live in sandy shelters areas to protect the from waves and storms in the rocks. Eel grass looks like long blades of grass in the water. It protects the clown fish from any predators because the blades of grass confuse the predators.
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http://www.sbck.org/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=11 http://www.oregon.gov/DSL/SSNERR/docs/WSEP.pdf http://svp.soic.indiana.edu/svp/4970813/FID1/html/ecosys/estuarin/eelgrass.htm

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Team 3 The Salicornia Virginica

The Salicornia Virginica is also know as the Pickle weed. Pickle weed is a small plant, usually less than 30 centimeters tall. The plant itself seems leafless though it is not, the leaves are small and scale-like. The Pickle weed's fruit is small and salty. The plant can tolerate the immersion in the brackish water it lives in. The Pickle weed is a halophytic, a plant that has adapted to salty water. It is in the Goosefoot family. The Pickle weed is food, and home, for mice that live near brackish water. The Pickle weed is a grayish green plant that looks as if little pickles were strung on strings, it can be other colors like orange or pinkish. If Pickle weed would be extinct, the mice living near the salty water would die. The plant is eaten by native Americans and used for salads. It can be steamed or raw and people eat it. Pickle weed would not effect humans if it were extinct. The Pickle weed turns red when it has absorbed the salt in the water it lives in. Once it turns red the segments that are really red fall off of the plant. The Pickle weed is very important for our estuaries. The Pickle weed's ashes are used for glas and soap making. It is also food for moths. It belongs in the Plante kingdom.

http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/onlinelearningcenter/species/pickleweed/ http://people.westminstercollege.edu/faculty/tharrison/gslplaya99/pickleweed.htm http://www.solpugid.com/cabiota/pickleweed.htm http://www.toddshikingguide.com/FloraFauna/Flora97.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salicornia