Seashore Plants of CaliforniaThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1982. |
Contents
Keys to Major Groups of Seaweeds | |
Key to the Common Genera of Red Algae in California | |
The Green Algae Chlorophyta | |
Sea Grasses | |
Coastal Dune Vegetation | |
Synopsis of Common California Seashore Plants | |
Glossary | |
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abundant algal animals Antithamnion areas articulated corallines attached beach border to Point branchlets brown algae cells cm 1 ft coastal color common species commonly conceptacles cord grass crustose cylindrical Cystoseira dark dense dichotomously branched Dictyoneurum distichous Distribution drift dune Enteromorpha entire coast epiphytic female filamentous flattened flowers foredune Fucus gametes gametophyte Gelidium genera genus giant kelp Gigartina Gracilaria growing habitats holdfast hollow intertidal and subtidal intertidal zone Iridaea kelp forests Laminaria Laurencia Lessoniopsis low intertidal zone low tide Macrocystis main axis marine Mexican border microscopic mid intertidal midrib occur Oregon border pacifica pigments Point Conception portion Postelsia produced red algae reproductive resemble rocks salt marshes sand Santa Barbara sea rocket seaweeds shallow subtidal shore southern California spores sporophyte stems stipe structure substratum subtidal subtidal zone surf grass surface tall terminal blade thallus thick tide pools tufts Ulva unbranched upper usually vegetation