Phyllospadix

Phyllospadix, commonly known as surfgrass,^[1] is a genus of seagrass, a flowering plant in the family Zosteraceae, described as a genus in 1840.^[2][3][4][5] Phyllospadix grows in marine waters along the coasts of the temperate North Pacific.^[5]

Surfgrass
Close-up photo of a leaf blade of a Phyllospadix species (surfgrass) with a marine snail on the leaves.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Zosteraceae
Genus:	Phyllospadix Hooker (1840)

Phyllospadix is a food source for many animals including this Tectura palacea.

It is one of the seagrass genera that can perform completely submerged pollination.^[6]

Species

Accepted species^[7]

• Phyllospadix iwatensis – China, Korea, Japan, Russian Far East
• Phyllospadix japonicus – China, Korea, Japan
• Phyllospadix juzepczukii – Russian Far East
• Phyllospadix scouleri (type species) – Alaska to Baja California
• Phyllospadix serrulatus – Alaska, British Columbia, Washington
• Phyllospadix torreyi – British Columbia to northwestern Mexico