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Green Tarantula Weed

Acrosiphonia arcta

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 76, February 56, March 88, April 139, May 200, June 218, July 234, August 201, September 147, October 110, November 60, December 47.
United States1,713
Alaska1,577
Canada258
British Columbia117
New Brunswick53
Quebec51
Massachusetts38
Washington25
New York17
Maine17

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumgreen algae · Chlorophyta
ClassUlvophycean green algae · Ulvophyceae
OrderCodiolales
FamilyAcrosiphoniaceae
GenusAcrosiphonia

Sources

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