[Tagging] eelgrass

[Clifford Snow]

On Wed, Dec 18, 2019 at 1:00 PM Joseph Eisenberg <joseph.eisenberg at gmail.com>
wrote:

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

Here is what the researchers have documented
http://www.arcgis.com/home/webmap/viewer.html?url=https://services.arcgis.com/6lCKYNJLvwTXqrmp/ArcGIS/rest/services/PBNERR_2004HabitatMap_for_Publishing/FeatureServer&source=sd

What is in OSM is https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=12/48.5094/-122.4945

>
> 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/
>
>
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