How to Use eelgrass in a Sentence

eelgrass

noun
  • Grab a mask, then dive down into the eelgrass just two to three miles off shore.
    — al, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Swirling below the surface are the tips of green eelgrass.
    — Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The eelgrass in the refuge is a magnet for migrating ducks and geese.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Apr. 2023
  • There’s no eelgrass restoration.
    — Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The otters eat the crabs that feed on the sea slugs that consume the algae that kill the eelgrass.
    — Peter Fimrite, San Francisco Chronicle, 21 Apr. 2018
  • The state already has efforts in place to protect its eelgrass habitat.
    — Tara Duggan, San Francisco Chronicle, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Algae coats the native eelgrass.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The low tide exposes the craggy tops of oyster reefs and the waving tips of eelgrass.
    — National Geographic, 13 June 2017
  • About 2,600 acres of eelgrass grow in the bay, according to the port.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2024
  • The otters eat crabs, which in turn eat invertebrates like sea slugs, which eat the algae that grows on the eelgrass.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The area is home to extensive eelgrass beds, an essential fish habitat.
    — Krissy Waite, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2024
  • In their search the crabs cut through eelgrass, damaging essential sea life habitats.
    — Andrea Pyenson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2019
  • For projects that affect tidal or ocean habitat, that may include planting new eelgrass beds or restoring marshland.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2022
  • Our cottage was surrounded by hard shingle and bitter eelgrass.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Soon new eelgrass meadows spread rapidly on their own; today, new growth covers nearly 13 square miles.
    — Shane Gross; Text By Katherine Harmon Courage, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Nov. 2020
  • In San Diego, those include marshes, wetlands, mud flats, eelgrass and seagrass beds.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2022
  • As the otter population grew, eelgrass and other native species thrived.
    — Eva Frederick, Science | AAAS, 23 Sep. 2019
  • The reefs and the eelgrass are the first line of defense against the strong wave action predicted in global warming scenarios.
    — National Geographic, 13 June 2017
  • Be careful not to get caught on the eelgrass on either side of the water, and keep a careful eye out for birds, fish, turtles or other wildlife that may be around.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 21 June 2019
  • Blue carbon refers to coastal habitat such as wetlands, marshes, kelp forests and eelgrass beds that capture and store carbon in soil, plant matter and the sea floor.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 May 2022
  • On Wednesday morning an egret perched at the water’s edge, darting into the shallows to hunt small fish flitting among the eelgrass.
    — Deborah Sullivan Brennan, sandiegouniontribune.com, 17 July 2017
  • Thanks to the return of the otters, the amount of eelgrass in Elkhorn Slough has jumped 600 percent in the last three decades.
    — Matt Simon, Wired, 4 Nov. 2021
  • In one of his comments, Patten said Japanese eelgrass reduced the yield of his personal clam bed by half.
    — Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times, 25 Feb. 2018
  • The team notes that otters are not the only driving force behind eelgrass genetic diversity.
    — New York Times, 14 Oct. 2021
  • Aquatic vegetation like eelgrass, hydrilla and duckweed are crucial to the ecology of a spring.
    — Kathryn Varn, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024
  • In the bay, the species most at risk are eelgrass, a type of plant that many ocean species use as a habitat, and the fish, birds and green sea turtles that use that eelgrass as a source of food and shelter.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2024
  • Hoyer and Hjelm instead headed north to the Canadian shoreline where near-shore eelgrass beds were abundant.
    — D'arcy Egan, cleveland, 2 Sep. 2022
  • In addition to its role as a habitat and nursery, eelgrass is a natural water filter that helps maintain good air and water quality.
    — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 16 May 2024
  • The rest are seaworthy and can stay through October 2026 outside the eelgrass restoration zone.
    — Steven Rosenfeld, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • In spring and fall, nearly all of the world’s population of emperor and Pacific black brant geese stop to devour the refuge’s eelgrass beds for sustenance.
    — Juliet Eilperin, Washington Post, 15 Oct. 2017

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