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§1 Plant

Halophila baillonis Asch.

vernacular Florida Keys seagrass — species · Hydrocharitaceae

USDA
HABA
GBIF
9179530
Rank
species
Florida Keys seagrass (Halophila baillonis)
Platephotograph · Kelly KingonCC BY-NC source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Hydrocharitaceae Juss.
Genus
Halophila
§2a

Native status, by region

  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 7 counties across 2 states/territories
Legend Native · 7 Introduced · 0 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation

No cultivation specs.

USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 7 counties across 2 states/territories.

Puerto Rico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
U.S. Virgin Islands view state ↗ 2 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/HABA ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/9179530 ↗

Record version

Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:

usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26

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