The red tipped eel grass is very likely a strain, variety, or subspecies of V. americana. The small type of flowers are a very similar overall size to those on spiral (corkscrew) eelgrass and jungle eelgrass, if you are at all familiar with flowers of those types. I consider the sprial and red tipped Vallisneria more like dwarf versions of the V. americana and less invasive and create shorter height beds (total length) compared to native eel grass. As far as I know no technical information exists about the red tipped eel grass primarily because it does not have a scientific name that I know of. Red tipped is a name I have applied to it as I've seen it growing.
Last edited by Bill Cody; 02/16/12 11:01 AM.
