phylum
Green Algae
Chlorophyta
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native green algae All
Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Broadleaf Sea Lettuce
Ulva lactuca
food
58
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Gutweed
Ulva intestinalis
food
31
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Green String Lettuce
Ulva linza
food
25
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Californian Sea Lettuce
Ulva californica
food
24
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Sea Lettuce
Ulva rigida
food
24
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Sea Spiral
Ulva taeniata
food
24
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Oval-blade Algae
Caulerpa prolifera
food
21
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Cladophora graminea
food
7
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Sea Hair
Chaetomorpha linum
food
3
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Green Bubble Seaweed
Dictyosphaeria cavernosa
food
2
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Bryopsis corticulans
food
2
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Green Pin-cushion Alga
Cladophora columbiana
food
1
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Green Spongy Cushion
Codium setchellii
food
1
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Cladophora microcladioides
food
1
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Orange Rock Hair
Trentepohlia aurea