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phylum

Red Algae

Rhodophyta

Includes
35 native 3 introduced 225 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • True Red Algae 34 native
  • Proteorhodophytina 1 native
  • Cyanidiophytina

Range

United States

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

Top native red algae All

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

  • Prickly Seaweed Acanthophora spicifera food 72
  • Chondracanthus spinosus food 11
  • Graceful Coral Seaweed Corallina vancouveriensis food 10
  • Sea Laurel Osmundea spectabilis food 9
  • Lithothrix aspergillum food 8
  • Prionitis lanceolata food 7
  • Bossiella orbigniana food 7
  • Grape Tongue Cryptopleura ruprechtiana food 6
  • Red Sea Grapes Botryocladia pseudodichotoma food 6
  • Red Sea Fan Callophyllis flabellulata food 6
  • Calliarthron cheilosporioides food 6
  • Branched Wing Weed Pterocladiella capillacea food 3
  • Bonnemaison's Hook Weed Bonnemaisonia hamifera food 3
  • Gelidium pusillum food 3
  • Turkish Washcloth Mastocarpus papillatus food 2
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