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Black Pine
Neorhodomela larix
Authority:
(Turner) Masuda
North Pacific Distribution:
Bering Sea and Aleutian Is., Alaska, to Baja California, Mexico; Japan; Russia.
Phylum:
Rhodophyta
Class:
Florideophyceae
Order:
Ceramiales
Family:
Rhodomelaceae
Former Scientific Names:
Fucus larix, Fuscaria larix, Rhodomela larix
Description: Thallus is stout, black to brownish black, reaching 30 cm (12 in) tall. The main axis has stout, unbranched determinate branches whorled around it like a bottle brush; indeterminate branches are rare. Habitat: This tough perennial forms mats on rocks in the low intertidal of semi-exposed habitats. Similar taxa:  Neorhodomela aculeata, N. oregona.
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