What are some plants in the coral reef?

CORAL REEF. Location | Habitat | Plants | Animals | People | Games | Links. LOCATION: Coral reefs are generally found in clear, tropical oceans. Coral reefs form in waters from the surface to about 150 feet (45 meters) deep because they need sunlight to survive. read more

The term "coral reef plants" has been traditionally used to refer to all photosynthetic life forms (other than bacteria) commonly found within coral reef ecosystems. Such organisms have been also been traditionally divided into two major "plant" sub-divisions: "flowering plants" (angiosperms) and "algae". read more

Algae are essentially what keeps coral reefs thriving. They convert energy from sunlight into nutrients for all the creatures living in the ecosystem. Algae come in all shapes and sizes. Some are the more familiar species of seaweed, and some are microscopic, like zooxanthellae. Most corals have zooxanthellae in their tissue. read more

Many hundreds of species of plants live on coral reefs, but all are algae. Some are macro algaes such as caulerpa, halimeda, valona and sargassum. read more