| Phyllospadix scouleri | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Monocots |
| Order: | Alismatales |
| Family: | Zosteraceae |
| Genus: | Phyllospadix |
| Species: | P. scouleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Phyllospadix scouleri Hook. |
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Phyllospadix scouleri, or Scouler's surf grass, is a flowering marine plant in the family Zosteraceae. It is native to the coastline of western North America from Alaska to Baja California.
This slender, vivid green plant has long, flat blades. It grows in large clumps or beds exposed during low tide and submerged at high tide. It is found attached to rocks in the middle to low intertidal zones to a depth of about 40–50 ft.
Sea grass was used by Native American tribes along the Southern California Coast to make cordage and other woven objects, including specimens from San Miguel Island dated between about 10,000 and 8600 years ago (see Connolly, Erlandson, and Norris 1992).