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Ruppia cirrhosa  <

Spiral Ditch-grass
Ruppia cirrhosa

Family: Potamogetonaceae (PONDWEED).
Other common names: ditch grass.
Generic common name: DITCH-GRASS, WIDGEONWEED, PONDWEED.

Malibu Lagoon State Beach: salt marsh open water, September 2008.

Characteristics: Native, Green, Small, Solitary, Odd, Herbaceous, Perennial, Late Spring, Summer. 		Thumbnail Picture of Ruppia cirrhosa




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