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Furbellow

Saccorhiza polyschides

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 172, February 127, March 199, April 313, May 451, June 492, July 527, August 453, September 333, October 248, November 136, December 106.
United States3,557
Alaska3,557
United Kingdom356
England202
Portugal173
Spain140
Galicia105
France85
Northern Ireland76
Scotland56

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Classification

Kingdomkelp, diatoms, and allies · Chromista
PhylumOchrophyta
Classbrown algae · Phaeophyceae
OrderTilopteridales
FamilyPhyllariaceae
GenusSaccorhiza

Sources

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