Guide to Seaweeds and Seagrasses Between the CapesClick on a picture for more information
Green Seaweeds
Cladophora columbiana
Urospora penicilliformis
Codium setchellii
Ulva (=Enteromorpha) intestinallis
Ulva sp.
Chaetomorpha linum
Brown Seaweeds
Soranthera ulvoidea
Desmarestia ligulata
Alaria marginata
Pterygophora californica
Laminaria sinclairii
Laminaria setchellii
Laminaria saccharina
Hedophyllum sessile
Lessoniopsis littoralis
Nereocystis leutkeana
Pelvetiopsis limitata
Fucus gardneri
Cystoseria osmundacea
Sargassum muticum
Alaria nana
Egregia menziesii
Postelsia palmiformis
Phaeostrophion irregulare
Red Seaweeds
Smithora naiadum
Porphyra sp.
Bossiella californica
Bossiella orbigniana
Corallina vancouveriensis
Melobesia mediocris
Crustose coralline algae
Halosaccion glandiforme
Neoptilota hypnoides
Cryptopleura ruprectitana
Hymenena flabelligera
Neorhodomela larix
Odonthalia floccosa
Polysiphonia sp.
Constantinea simplex
Cryptosiphonia woodii
Farlowia mollis
Endocladia muricata
Chondracanthus exasperatus
Mazzaella oregona
Mazzaella parksii
Mazzaella splendens
Callophyllis sp.
Mastocarpus papillatus
Ahnfeltiopsis linearis
Halymenia schizymenioides
Prionitis linearis
Prionitis lyallii
Gracilarea / Gracilariopsis
Gracilarea textorii var. cunninghamii
Plocamium cartilagineum
Ahnfeltiopsis gigartinoides
Antithamnionella pacifica
Polysiphonia hendryi
Callithamnion pikeanum
Sea Grasses
Phyllospadix scouleri
Zostera marina
Zostera japonica
Oddballs
Algal Symbionts in Sea Anemones
Vaucheria (Derbesia?) sp.
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