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beauty bush alga

Callithamnion pikeanum

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 66, February 58, March 60, April 74, May 72, June 53, July 45, August 46, September 59, October 60, November 77, December 60.
United States1,255
California731
Canada458
British Columbia457
Alaska250
Washington189
Oregon79
Kansas5
Nevada1
Manitoba1

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

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
Phylumred algae · Rhodophyta
ClassFlorideophycean algae · Florideophyceae
OrderCeramiales
FamilyCallithamniaceae
GenusCallithamnion

Sources

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