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Graceful Black Pine
Neorhodomela aculeata
Authority:
(Perestenko) Masuda
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to southern Vancouver I.; Korea; Japan; Russia.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Ceramiales
Family:
Rhodomelaceae
Former Scientific Names:
misidentified as Neorhodomela larix
Description: Thallus is coarse, reddish black to yellowish brown, reaching at least 25 cm (10 in) tall. Main axes have abundant radially arranged short determinate branches; longer branches are of indeterminate length and arise in the axils of these determinate branches. Habitat: This perennial is found on rocks in the mid to low intertidal of semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa: Neorhodomela larix, N. oregona, Odonthalia floccosa.
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