Back in January I posted a photo of some of the green lettuce-like seaweed that often piles up on the shoreline along the Westbay Walkway and I mentioned that another kind of seaweed also forms large drifts on the beaches. I referred to it as, "spaghetti-like tangles of giant kelp" and you can see what I meant in the above photo. Its latin name is Macrocystis pyrifera and it is the largest of all algae. It can grow as much as 2 feet in a day. Wikipedia has an interesting article on this plant.
Monday, February 14, 2011
Seaweed II - Kelp
Back in January I posted a photo of some of the green lettuce-like seaweed that often piles up on the shoreline along the Westbay Walkway and I mentioned that another kind of seaweed also forms large drifts on the beaches. I referred to it as, "spaghetti-like tangles of giant kelp" and you can see what I meant in the above photo. Its latin name is Macrocystis pyrifera and it is the largest of all algae. It can grow as much as 2 feet in a day. Wikipedia has an interesting article on this plant.
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There are so many different elements in this photo. And an assortment of browns. Very nice.
ReplyDeleteIsn't this the stuff that sea otters tether themselves to in the water?
ReplyDeleteadd a little red sauce and?? :)
ReplyDeleteLooks like you got down and dirty to get this photo. Ever see any little creatures crawling out of the kelp?
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