Plants Ocean Floor

Just like the grass in the land sea grass also has a long and narrow leaves.

Plants ocean floor.

The marine biome is rich in minerals animals and plants. Because it gains its food by producing it through photosynthesis the sea grass will only exist in the shallow area where the sunlight still can appear. Like terrestrial plants they rely on sunlight so they are only found at depths where light can penetrate. Stunning underwater plants and sea life on the ocean floor by.

Marine plants and algae are both different from and similar to their cousins on land. Those that float freely through the water and those that are directly rooted into the ocean floor. The main class of underwater flora in the oceans is the seagrasses of which there are 72 species. Blythe copeland is a writer editor and blogger who began working with treehugger in 2008.

Many people think of seaweeds when they think of plants that grow in the ocean but seaweeds are not true plants. In the sea floor you will see a plant called as sea grass. The ocean ecosystem is the largest ecosystem comprising of 70 of the earth s surface and only 20 of it is known to man though expeditions and explorations have been conducted since early times the vast ocean floor is as unknown as the space. However unlike terrestrial plant roots the anchors that some aquatic plants like kelp and sea grass use to secure themselves to the sea floor don.

Common types of ocean plants. Mangroves also arguably live on the ocean floor near the shore.