Nature By NameSign inCreate an account

Chromista › rockweeds

Rockweed

Fucus distichus

Learn Rockweed freeHow it works
Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
(c) calliopeem, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

27 photos

Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.

See all photosAdd a photo

Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 387, February 359, March 558, April 653, May 1,009, June 879, July 698, August 622, September 547, October 434, November 349, December 354.
United States12,686
Canada10,580
British Columbia9,214
Washington2,749
California2,038
Alaska1,450
Oregon900
New Hampshire646
Nova Scotia445
Quebec390

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

Classification

Kingdomkelp, diatoms, and allies · Chromista
PhylumOchrophyta
Classbrown algae · Phaeophyceae
OrderFucoids · Fucales
Familyrockweeds · Fucaceae
Genusvesicled rockweeds · Fucus

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Rockweed with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

Create a free accountHow it works