swap_horiz Laminaria digitata Alternatives

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Macrocystis integrifolia

Giant kelp forming subtidal forests along Pacific coasts of North and South America, one of the world's fastest-growing...

Pacific Kelp Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.3 Great

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Undaria peterseniana

A brown alga (Alariaceae) closely related to the commercially cultivated wakame (Undaria pinnatifida), native to the tem...

Korea Edible Kelp Brown Algae

8.2 Great

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Saccharina latissima

*Saccharina latissima*, known as sugar kelp, is a yellow-brown alga widely cultivated in the United States and Europe fo...

Edible Sugar Kelp North Atlantic Brown Algae

7.9 Good

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Himanthalia elongata

Edible brown alga (sea spaghetti) native to Atlantic European coasts, commercially harvested in France and Ireland for i...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.7 Good

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Ecklonia cava

Brown kelp native to Japan and Korea, notable for high phlorotannin concentrations and extensive use in food, cosmetics,...

Japan Edible Kelp Brown Algae

7.4 Good

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Ascophyllum nodosum

*Ascophyllum nodosum* is a large brown alga common in the North Atlantic that is commercially harvested in Canada and Ir...

Commercial North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.3 Good

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Hedophyllum sessile

A broad-bladed brown kelp (Laminariaceae) of the northeastern Pacific that entirely lacks a stipe, attaching its undivid...

Kelp Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae

7.3 Good

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Alaria esculenta

Edible brown alga (winged kelp) native to the North Atlantic, traditionally consumed in Ireland and Iceland and commerci...

Edible North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

7.2 Good

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Laminaria pallida

A large brown kelp (Laminariaceae) forming extensive subtidal forests along the cold upwelling coasts of South Africa an...

South Africa Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

7.2 Good

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Laminaria hyperborea

*Laminaria hyperborea* is a large brown macroalga that forms extensive kelp forests in the Northeast Atlantic and is hea...

Kelp North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

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Ecklonia radiata

*Ecklonia radiata* is a dominant habitat-forming seaweed found in the temperate reefs of Australia and New Zealand, supp...

Australia Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

7.0 Good

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Costaria costata

A brown kelp (Costariaceae) of the North Pacific from Japan to California, immediately identifiable by five prominent pa...

Kelp North Pacific Ribbed Brown Algae

6.9 Fair

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Fucus vesiculosus

*Fucus vesiculosus*, known as bladder wrack, is a brown seaweed recognized by its paired air bladders and historically u...

Intertidal North Atlantic Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.8 Fair

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Ecklonia maxima

*Ecklonia maxima* is a large brown kelp found off the southern African coast, commercially harvested to manufacture natu...

South Africa Commercial Kelp Brown Algae

6.8 Fair

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Lessonia nigrescens

Large brown kelp native to the intertidal and subtidal zones of Chile and Peru, forming dense beds and commercially harv...

Commercial South America Kelp Brown Algae

6.8 Fair

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Ecklonia stolonifera

Brown kelp of Japan and Korea that propagates via stolons, harvested for phlorotannins and studied for antioxidant and a...

Commercial Japan Kelp Brown Algae

6.5 Fair

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Ecklonia brevipes

A subtidal brown kelp (Lessoniaceae) endemic to New Zealand and parts of southern Australia, forming important underwate...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.5 Fair

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Lessonia trabeculata

Subtidal kelp native to the southeastern Pacific coasts of Chile and Peru, commercially harvested as a major source of a...

South America Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 Fair

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Lessonia variegata

A large brown kelp (Lessoniaceae) endemic to New Zealand, forming extensive subtidal and low-intertidal forests that ser...

New Zealand Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.4 Fair

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Laminaria ochroleuca

Kelp with a pale yellowish stipe native to the northeastern Atlantic from Iberia to Norway, among the most commercially...

Kelp North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

6.3 Fair