Hurricane Island Natural History Guide

Guide to the plants, mammals, invertebrates, and birds found on Hurricane Island, Vinalhaven, Maine
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Knotted Wrack

Ascophyllum nodosum is a large, common brown alga (Phaeophyceae) in the family Fucaceae, being the only species in the genus Ascophyllum. It is seaweed of the northern Atlantic Ocean, also known as rockweed, Norwegian kelp, knotted kelp, knotted wrack or egg wrack. It is common on the north-western coast of Europe (from Svalbard ...more ↓

Laminaria saccharina

Saccharina latissima is a brown algae (class Phaeophyceae), of the genus Saccharina. It is also known by the common name Sea Belt.

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