Rockweed, also called knotted wrack or Ascophyllum nodosum, is a large, common cold water seaweed and brown alga in the family Fucaceae. It grows only in the northern Atlantic Ocean, along the northwestern coast of Europe including east Greenland and the northeastern coast of North America, and it dominates the intertidal zone in the areas where it grows.
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Classification
DietPhotosynthetic Autotroph 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
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Source GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ascophyllum nodosum
Sources
1. Egg wrack (Wikipedia)
Article textQuote, Article text
Ascophyllum nodosum is an autotroph, meaning that it makes its own food by photosynthesis.
2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ180597, descriptionView the Source 4. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Ascophyllum nodosum
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Ascophyllum nodosum"
GBIF: Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jol.
GBIFIn Group: Wracks and Sargassum (Fucales), Species recordQuote, In Group: Wracks and Sargassum (Fucales), Species record
order: Fucales
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