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Sea Oak

Phycodrys rubens

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 899, February 664, March 1,041, April 1,637, May 2,361, June 2,574, July 2,755, August 2,369, September 1,739, October 1,298, November 709, December 554.
United States20,776
Alaska18,601
New Hampshire775
Massachusetts746
Maine590
Canada414
Quebec189
New Brunswick76
Nova Scotia72
Newfoundland and Labrador58

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumred algae · Rhodophyta
ClassFlorideophycean algae · Florideophyceae
OrderCeramiales
Familydasya family · Delesseriaceae
GenusPhycodrys

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