s A Field Guide to the British Seaweeds - NMBAQC
s A Field Guide to the British Seaweeds - NMBAQC
s A Field Guide to the British Seaweeds - NMBAQC
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Gastroclonium ovatum<br />
Plant filiform and completely cylindrical throughout also<br />
quite cartilaginous and fleshy. The most characteristic<br />
feature is <strong>the</strong> presence of small bulbous sacs which are<br />
bunched <strong>to</strong>ge<strong>the</strong>r at <strong>the</strong> frond tips. Branching is irregular<br />
and generally restricted <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> upper portions of <strong>the</strong><br />
plant with limited branching at <strong>the</strong> base although many<br />
fronds may arise directly from <strong>the</strong> base. It grows up <strong>to</strong><br />
25cm long and is generally brownish red in colour<br />
although it often bleaches <strong>to</strong> brownish yellow. It is<br />
located on rock surfaces in <strong>the</strong> lower lit<strong>to</strong>ral and<br />
sublit<strong>to</strong>ral fringe.<br />
Plant showing sparsely<br />
branched frond with<br />
numerous sacs on <strong>the</strong><br />
upper portions of <strong>the</strong> frond