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Bull Kelp

Nereocystis luetkeana

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 333, February 310, March 480, April 562, May 869, June 757, July 601, August 536, September 471, October 373, November 301, December 304.
United States34,270
British Columbia6,491
Canada6,490
California4,659
Washington2,477
Oregon982
Alaska495
Russia9
Kamchatka Krai7
Chukotka Autonomous Okrug2

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Classification

Kingdomkelp, diatoms, and allies · Chromista
PhylumOchrophyta
Classbrown algae · Phaeophyceae
OrderKelps · Laminariales
FamilyLaminariaceae
GenusNereocystis

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