order

Chaetophorales

Field notes

Chaetophorales is an order of green algae in the class Chlorophyceae. Algae in the order Chaetophorales consist of filamentous, branched algae. The thalli have two parts, a prostrate and upright section, and the filaments are variously branched. The algae are found in freshwater habitats or terrestrial habitats.

Children

Uronemataceae
Aphanochaetaceae
Fritschiellaceae
Chaetophoraceae

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided