Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
Flowerless plants; ferns, mushrooms, mosses, lichens, and seaweeds
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ULVA<br />
Seaweeds give homes <strong>and</strong> food to millions of living<br />
creatures. Iodine, potash, <strong>and</strong> other medicines are<br />
made from them. Various kinds of food are obtained<br />
from different species. Farmers along the coast everywhere<br />
use them to make the soil better. So you see<br />
that <strong>seaweeds</strong> have uses as well as beauties.<br />
ULVA<br />
You may often find along the<br />
looks like the one in the picture,<br />
times it is full of holes. Then<br />
you may know that it is an<br />
old plant, or that a snail found<br />
it before you did.<br />
The largest bright-green<br />
<strong>plants</strong> in all seas belong to this<br />
family. Its brilliant green is<br />
darker when the plant grows<br />
in deep water. Two species<br />
of this seaweed are found on<br />
the Atlantic <strong>and</strong> Pacific coasts.<br />
One is called the widest ulva<br />
because it is the largest of any<br />
of these <strong>plants</strong>. The other looks<br />
somewhat like a lettuce leaf,<br />
<strong>and</strong> is known as sea lettuce.<br />
The frond of the sea lettuce<br />
135<br />
beach a plant which<br />
It is an ulva. Some-<br />
An Ulva. Notice the Hold-<br />
fast at the Tip.