Species Lists
This list comes from the Washington Department of Natural Resources, and was drawn from a key to benthic marine algae and seagrasses by Gabrielson, et al.
Seagrass and macroalgae in Puget Sound
- Wildemania norrisii
- Wildemania occidentalis
- Wildemania variegata
- Wittrockiella amphibia
- Wittrockiella sp.
- Yamadaia americana
- Nereocystis luetkeana - (Bull Kelp)
- Ruppia maritima - (Ditch-grass)
- Zostera japonica - (Dwarf Eel-grass)
- Zostera marina - (Eelgrass)
- Egregia menziesii - (Feather-boa kelp)
- Macrocystis pyrifera - (Giant Kelp)
- Chorda filum - (Mermaid’s Tresses)
- Sargassum muticum - (Sargassum Algae)
- Phyllospadix scouleri - (Scouler's Surf-grass)
- Phyllospadix serrulatus - (Serrulate Surf-grass)
- Phyllospadix torreyi - (Torrey's Surf-grass)