KODIAK -- A rare plant that had been documented only three times before in the world is suddenly making appearances in two different parts of Kodiak.
It's called sessile-leaved scurvy grass and it does not look like much. It's a short plant between 1 and 2 inches tall with small white flowers and big green seedpods.
What is special about it at first glance is that it lives in an unusual place for a type of plant that usually grows on land. It seems to thrive below the tide line in lagoons, where it is completely submersed in brackish water twice a day.
The plant's name comes from its relation to the common scurvy grass, a vitamin C-rich plant once eaten by sailors to treat and prevent scurvy. It is a member of the cabbage family.
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http://www.adn.com/2010/09/13/1452979/rare-plant-species-found-in-kodiak.html#ixzz0zWDrcrHDWhat is special about it at first glance is that it lives in an unusual place for a type of plant that usually grows on land. It seems to thrive below the tide line in lagoons, where it is completely submersed in brackish water twice a day.
The plant's name comes from its relation to the common scurvy grass, a vitamin C-rich plant once eaten by sailors to treat and prevent scurvy. It is a member of the cabbage family.
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