Top native red algae
38 species, native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.
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Prickly Seaweed
Acanthophora spicifera
food
72
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Chondracanthus spinosus
food
11
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Graceful Coral Seaweed
Corallina vancouveriensis
food
10
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Sea Laurel
Osmundea spectabilis
food
9
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Lithothrix aspergillum
food
8
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Prionitis lanceolata
food
7
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Bossiella orbigniana
food
7
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Grape Tongue
Cryptopleura ruprechtiana
food
6
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Red Sea Grapes
Botryocladia pseudodichotoma
food
6
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Red Sea Fan
Callophyllis flabellulata
food
6
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Calliarthron cheilosporioides
food
6
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Branched Wing Weed
Pterocladiella capillacea
food
3
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Bonnemaison's Hook Weed
Bonnemaisonia hamifera
food
3
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Gelidium pusillum
food
3
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Turkish Washcloth
Mastocarpus papillatus
food
2
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Scouring-pad Alga
Endocladia muricata
food
2
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Neogastroclonium subarticulatum
food
2
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Lawn Alga
Chondracanthus canaliculatus
food
2
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Seagrass Laver
Smithora naiadum
food
2
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Gelidium coulteri
food
2
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Mazzaella affinis
food
2
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Mazzaella leptorhynchos
food
1
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Acrosorium ciliolatum
food
1
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Calliarthron tuberculosum
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Delicate Sea Lace
Ceramothamnion coulteri
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Red Sea Spaghetti
Gracilariopsis andersonii
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Hairy Seaweed
Cumagloia andersonii
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Beauty Bush Alga
Callithamnion pikeanum
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Red Sea Plume
Asparagopsis taxiformis
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Bossiella plumosa
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Phycodrys gardneri
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Bossiella californica
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Ahnfeltia fastigiata
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Gloiosiphonia verticillaris
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Rosy Calcareous Algae
Amphiroa beauvoisii
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Kapraunia schneideri
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Erythroglossum californicum
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Callophyllis obtusifolia