class
Florideophycean Algae
Florideophyceae
Field notes
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Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Top native florideophycean algae All
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