Seaweeds of San Mateo County

San Mateo County, located south of San Francisco and north of Santa Cruz, contains a wide variety of tidepools, from sandy places where Gracilaria thrives, to mudstone reef, to fantastic mixes of conglomerate rocks. These are some images of seaweed denizens of this county.

Laminaria sinclairii ¹

Laminaria setchellii ²

Dictyoneurum californicum ³

Winged kelp ⁴
Alaria marginata

Costaria costata ⁵

Bull Kelp ⁶
Nereocystis luetkeana

feather boa kelp ⁷
Egregia menziesii

Sea Palm ⁸
Postelsia palmaeformis

Macrocystis integrifolia ⁹

Edited by Kathleen Dickey, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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1. (c) Alison Young, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alison Young
2. (c) Bill Bouton, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
3. (c) Kathleen Dickey, all rights reserved, uploaded by Kathleen Dickey
4. (c) Chris Brown, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Chris Brown
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