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Hurricane Island Natural History Guide
Guide to the plants, mammals, invertebrates, and birds found on Hurricane Island, Vinalhaven, Maine
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Irish Moss
Chondrus crispus, known under the common name Irish moss, or carrageen moss (Irish carraigín, "little rock"), is a species of red algae which grows abundantly along the rocky parts of the Atlantic coast of Europe and North America. In its fresh condition the protist is soft and cartilaginous, varying in color from a greenish-yellow, through red, to a dark ...more ↓
Polysiphonia lanosa
Polysiphonia lanosa is a red alga with heavily branched, soft filaments that appear as a thick dark tuft. It is found growing as an epiphyte on knotted wrack (Ascophyllum nodosum)
