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Dead man's Fingers - sea weed

Codium fragile

Description:

This sea weed has dark green stalks with lighter green finger like projections. The sea weed is spongy to touch and they are often found hanging from tops of rocks in tidal zones giving them the name dead man's fingers. A clump of weed would be the size of a small broccoli

Habitat:

Intertidal zone

Notes:

These are said to be invasive

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1 Comment

EvaH
EvaH 12 years ago

Interesting plant!

Leuba Ridgway
Spotted by
Leuba Ridgway

3193, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 14, 2012
Submitted on Feb 14, 2012

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