[Tagging] eelgrass

[Joseph Eisenberg]

Do you have an example of a location which you wish to tag?

It looks like eelgrass usually grows below the low tide line, unlike a
salt marsh, and the grasses do not usually reach up above the water.
So natural=wetland might not be appropriate for these seagrass
meadows.

Perhaps natural=seagrass would work?

https://iucnrle.org/blog/seagrass-meadows-the-marine-powerhouses/
https://www.sciencephoto.com/media/728140/view/cape-eelgrass-zostera-capensis-
https://newenglandboating.com/bay-scallops-and-eelgrass/

On 12/19/19, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:
> How should eelgrass[1] be tagged? I see that wetland=reedbed [2]  has been
> used in tidal areas mainly in Europe but also in the US but they are two
> different plants.
>
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zostera
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reed_bed
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