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Giant kelp – picture shows (from bottom of kelp to top) Stipe, floats and blades 1

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This is a red alga 3

4. http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3373/3576290190_c676bc29df.jpg 01/17/13
Rockweed– common on rocky shores 4

5. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/164/437287338_2eac9f5da5.jpg 01/17/13
Sea lettuce 5

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Salt sacs (this is a red alga) 6

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Sea palm- - found on rough, wave exposed shorelines 7

8. Red Algae Green Algae Brown Algae 01/17/13
Scientists classify algae into three groups: RED, GREEN and BROWN
*sometimes it is difficult to tell what group an alga belongs to, because it is hard to tell what color it is 8

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Not all algae is large. The base of the ocean food chain is tiny floating algae (phytoplankton). There are many types of phytoplankton (plant plankton). 9

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11. Feather Boa Kelp Turkish Washcloth
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With many gas-filled floats
Green or brown
Feather Boa Kelp
Not pink or red
one blade attached to holdfast
No gas-filled floats
Winged Kelp
Lots of branches or blades
Rockweed
Branching at tips
Dark or black
Black Pine
Small and bristly
START
Pink and white with branches
Pink Coralline Algae
Turkish Washcloth
Bumpy
Dark red
Flat thin blade
No branches, flat or sack-like
smooth
Iridescent Seaweed
bright green and very thin
Sea Lettuce
Sack-like, filled with water
Sea Sacks