swap_horiz Laminaria hyperborea 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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Laminaria digitata

*Laminaria digitata*, or oarweed, is a large brown kelp found in the North Atlantic that is industrially harvested for a...

Kelp 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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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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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

9

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

10

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

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Eisenia arborea

Brown kelp native to the eastern Pacific from California to Baja California, forming subtidal forests that support diver...

Pacific Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Alaria marginata

Brown alga native to the Pacific coast of North America from Alaska to California, edible and forming intertidal communi...

Pacific Kelp Subtidal Brown Algae

6.2 Fair

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Cutleria multifida

Cutleria multifida is a brown alga of the family Cutleriaceae notable for its heteromorphic life cycle, in which a large...

North Atlantic Subtidal Fan Shaped Brown Algae

5.9 Mediocre

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Desmarestia aculeata

Brown alga of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, notable for storing sulfuric acid in vacuoles, which bleaches and da...

Acid North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae

5.8 Mediocre

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Lessonia flavicans

Brown kelp (family Lessoniaceae) native to subantarctic regions including the Falkland Islands and southern South Americ...

Kelp Southern Ocean Subtidal Brown Algae

5.5 Mediocre

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Alaria fistulosa

Large brown alga native to the North Pacific, particularly Alaskan waters, distinguished by a hollow (fistular) midrib a...

Kelp North Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae

5.4 Mediocre

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Chorda filum

Brown alga (bootlace weed) of the North Atlantic and North Pacific, notable for its unbranched, whip-like thallus that c...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.1 Mediocre

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Pleurophycus gardneri

Kelp native to the northeastern Pacific coast of North America, distinguished by a single broad blade with a prominent m...

Kelp North Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae

4.8 Poor

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Tilopteris mertensii

Tilopteris mertensii is a filamentous brown alga that serves as the type species for the family Tilopteridaceae, classif...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.8 Poor

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Sporochnus pedunculatus

Brown alga (order Sporochnales) bearing distinctive tufted receptacles on elongated stalks; found in temperate Atlantic...

North Atlantic Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

4.4 Poor