swap_horiz Pleurophycus gardneri Alternatives

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Postelsia palmaeformis

The sea palm, a brown alga (Laminariaceae) endemic to wave-swept rocky shores of the northeastern Pacific coast of North...

Intertidal North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

8.6 Great

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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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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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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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Agarum clathratum

Cold-water kelp with a blade perforated by numerous holes, native to the North Pacific and North Atlantic; its sieve-lik...

North Pacific Subtidal Brown Algae Phaeophyta

6.4 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

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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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Cymathere triplicata

A brown alga (Costariaceae) of the North Pacific from Alaska to British Columbia, distinguished from the related Costari...

Kelp North Pacific Ribbed Brown Algae

6.1 Fair

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Saccharina longissima

Kelp with a long ribbon-like blade native to cold North Pacific waters; closely related to Saccharina japonica, the komb...

Edible Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae

6.0 Fair

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Kjellmaniella gyrata

Kelp (family Laminariaceae) native to cold waters of the northwestern Pacific, including Japan and Russia, cultivated in...

Edible Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae

5.8 Mediocre

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Thalassiophyllum clathrus

A brown alga (Laminariaceae) of the North Pacific Rim from Alaska to Japan, notable for the distinctive lattice of holes...

Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

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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Dictyoneurum californicum

A brown alga (Costariaceae) endemic to the California coast, notable for a prominent reticulate network of midribs and l...

Kelp North Pacific Brown Algae Phaeophyta

5.2 Mediocre