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Giant Kelp

Macrocystis pyrifera

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 118,888, February 102,895, March 107,143, April 132,900, May 129,062, June 94,938, July 81,318, August 82,824, September 105,100, October 107,375, November 138,058, December 106,427.
United States1,308,179
California10,831
British Columbia1,824
Canada1,489
Washington718
New Zealand517
Australia246
Chile235
Alaska219
Canterbury Region155

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Classification

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

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