• Polysiphonia fastigiata) is a common species of the red algae (Rhodophyta) often to be found growing on Ascophyllum nodosum. (wikipedia.org)
  • Widespread growing epiphytically on Ascophyllum nodosum wherever it is found and occasionally on other species of Fucus. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ascophyllum nodosum is in the family of brown seaweeds often grouped together as kelps. (seaveg.com)
  • Ascophyllum nodosum is often exposed at low tide in the mid intertidal zone, and fronds found there are shorter than specimens growing fully submerged in the lower intertidal. (seaveg.com)
  • Because Ascophyllum nodosum is so common, widely distributed, and of such long importance for coastal dwellers, it has quite a few common names. (seaveg.com)
  • Ascophyllum nodosum is a cold-water species native to the Atlantic Ocean and recently invasive to the Pacific coast of North America, with close relatives in other oceans. (seaveg.com)
  • The thalli of this species form dense tufts, each tuft up to 7.5 cm generally attached by rhizoids to the fronds of Ascophyllum. (wikipedia.org)