Turtle grass refers to a type of aquatic plant that grows in the ocean. It's called turtle grass because it provides a habitat and food source for turtles. Full definition
According to a 17th - century natural history, turtle grass used to be four to six inches long — but that was when there were turtles around to crop it. (discovermagazine.com)
One of the things that grows on the rotting blades is a slime mold that in the 1980s laid waste to vast beds of turtle grass in Florida Bay and the Gulf of Mexico. (discovermagazine.com)
Don't forget Turtle Reef to see rare and endangered sea turtle species adjacent to turtle grass beds. (scubastlucia.com)