Synonyms: Fucus nodosus, Fucus nodosus var. denudatus, Fucus nodosus var. evesiculosus, Fucus nodosus var. siliquatus, Ascophylla laevigata, Ascophylla nodosa, Ascophyllum mackayi, Ascophyllum mackayi f. robertsonii, Ascophyllum robertsonii, Chordaria scorpioides, Fistularia mackayi, Fistularia nodosa, Fucodium nodosum, Focodium nodosum var. scorpioides, Halicoccus nodosus, Halicoccus nodosus var. furcatus, Halidrys siliquosa var. minor, Ozothallia nodosa, Ozothallia nodosa f. furcata, Ozothallia vulgaris, Physocaulon nodosum
CLASSIFICATION
Main Group: Protoctist
Sublevel 1:
Stramenopiles
Sublevel 2:
Brown Algae
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Division:
Ochrophyta
Class: Phaeophyceae
Order: Fucales
Family: Fucaceae
Genus: Ascophyllum
Species: Ascophyllum nodosum
STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND
Origin:
Native
Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?:
No
Rarity Designations:
There are no rarity listings for protoctists.
The federal government and New England states do not evaluate
protoctists for rarity.
