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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Green Algae
  4. Ulvophycean Green Algae
  5. Sea Lettuces and Allies

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Sea Lettuces and Allies

Ulvales

Includes
6 native 3 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Sea Lettuces 6 native
  • Gayraliaceae
  • Cloniophoraceae
  • Kornmanniaceae
  • Ulvellaceae
  • Ctenocladaceae

Range

United States

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

Top native sea lettuces and allies All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Broadleaf Sea Lettuce Ulva lactuca food 58
  • Gutweed Ulva intestinalis food 31
  • Green String Lettuce Ulva linza food 25
  • Californian Sea Lettuce Ulva californica food 24
  • Sea Lettuce Ulva rigida food 24
  • Sea Spiral Ulva taeniata food 24
  • Flexuous Gutweed Ulva flexuosa

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