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Dulse

Palmaria palmata

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 506, February 374, March 586, April 921, May 1,328, June 1,448, July 1,550, August 1,333, September 978, October 730, November 399, December 312.
United States12,675
Alaska10,465
Canada2,432
Maine903
Quebec877
New Hampshire639
New Brunswick366
Nova Scotia321
Massachusetts315
British Columbia291

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumred algae · Rhodophyta
ClassFlorideophycean algae · Florideophyceae
OrderPalmariales
FamilyPalmariaceae
GenusPalmaria

Sources

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