Plants Ocean Floor

Mangroves also arguably live on the ocean floor near the shore.

Plants ocean floor.

Common types of ocean plants. Blythe copeland is a writer editor and blogger who began working with treehugger in 2008. Floating plants can be spotted near the surface of the water. 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.

Those that float freely through the water and those that are directly rooted into the ocean floor. Stunning underwater plants and sea life on the ocean floor by. The main class of underwater flora in the oceans is the seagrasses of which there are 72 species. The marine biome is rich in minerals animals and plants.

Marine plants and algae are both different from and similar to their cousins on land. For our younger readers here are some ocean facts for kids. Just like the grass in the land sea grass also has a long and narrow leaves. Many people think of seaweeds when they think of plants that grow in the ocean but seaweeds are not true 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. 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.