A PHOTO FLORA OF THE
DEVON AND CORNWALL PENINSULA

Seaweed

Brown Seaweeds

Sea Balls (Leathesia difformis)     close-up
Lowershore. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 01.03.06 (Public Location)

Sea Oak (Halidrys siliquosa)     close-up
Carlyon Bay, St. Austell, Cornwall. 13.03.09 (Public Location)

Oarweed (Laminaria digitata)
Lowershore. Batten Bay, Mount Batten, Plymouth, Devon. 01.02.06 (Public Location)

Sea Belt (Laminaria saccharina)
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Black Rock, Lynher Estuary, Saltash,
Cornwall. 03.09.05 (Public Location)

Furbelows (Saccorhiza polyschides)     underwater     on beach
Lower shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Thong-weed (Himanthalia elongata)     close-up
Mutton Cove, Plymouth, Devon. 08.09.05 (Public Location)

Wrack, Bladder (Fucus  vesiculosus)
Mutton Cove, Plymouth, Devon. 08.09.05 (Public Location)

Wrack, Channel (Pelvetia canaliculata)
Uppershore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Wrack, Egg / Knotted (Ascophyllum nodosum)
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Black Rock, Lynher Estuary, Saltash,
Cornwall. 03.09.05 (Public Location)

Wrack, Horned (Fucus ceranoides)
Uppershore. Par Beach, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall. 09.03.09 (Public Location)

Wrack, Rainbow (Cystoseira tamariscifolia)
Hannafore Beach, nr. Looe, Cornwall. 03.03.06 (Public Location)

Wrack, Saw / Toothed (Fucus serratus)     close-up
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Black Rock, Lynher Estuary, Saltash,
Cornwall. 03.09.05 (Public Location)

Wireweed / Japweed (Sargassum muticum)     close-up
Middleshore. Spit Point, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall. 13.01.09 (Public Location)

A Brown Seaweed (Bifurcaria bifurcata) ?
Middle shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Green Seaweed

Gut Weed (Ulva intestinalis)     close-up
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Black Rock, Lynher Estuary, Saltash,
Cornwall. 10.09.05 (Public Location)

Rock Cladophora (Cladophora rupestris)
Middle to Uppershore. Spit Point, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall.
01.03.09 (Public Location)

Sea Lettuce (Ulva lactuca)
Fisherman's Point, Carlyon Bay, St. Austell, Cornwall. 13.03.09 (Public Location)

Velvet Horn (Codium tomentosum)
Lower shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

Red Seaweed

Carragheen (Chondrus crispus)
Marazion, nr. Penzance, Cornwall. 11.03.09 (Public Location)

Coral Weed (Corallina officinalis)
Middle to Uppershore. Spit Point, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall.
21.02.09 (Public Location)

Jointed Pod Weed (Lomentaria articulata)     close-up
Marazion, nr. Penzance, Cornwall. 11.03.09 (Public Location)

Many-tubed Gable Weed (Polysiphonia lanosa)
Middle - lower shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon.
19.09.05 (Public Location)

Pepper Dulse (Osmundea pinnatifida)
Middleshore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon.
13.01.06 (Public Location)

Red Rags / False Dulse (Dilsea carnosa)
Lowershore. Spit Point, Par, nr. St. Blazey, Cornwall. 12.04.09 (Public Location)

Red Sea Oak (Phycodrys rubens)
On kelp frond. Par Beach, Par, Cornwall. 06.03.09 (Public Location)

Encrusting Coralline Red Algae

Black Tar (Hildenbrandia sp.) ?
Middleshore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon.
18.10.05 (Public Location)

Maerl (Phymatolithon / Lithothamnion sp.)     close-up
Strandline. Carlyon Bay, St. Austell, Cornwall. 13.03.09 (Public Location)

Pink Paint (Lithophyllum incrustans)
Middleshore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon.
18.10.05 (Public Location)

Pink Plate Weed (Mesophyllum lichenoides)
Middleshore. South of Mount Batten Breakwater, Plymouth, Devon.
18.10.05 (Public Location)

Marine Lichen

Black Lichen (Lichina pygmaea)
Uppershore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)


Seaweed - to identify

2. Fine seaweed amongst Sugar Kelp
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Black Rock, Lynher Estuary, Saltash,
Cornwall. 10.09.05 (Public Location)

3. Black seaweed on rock (uppershore)
Churchtown Farm Nature Reserve (CWT), Black Rock, Lynher Estuary, Saltash, Cornwall. 10.09.05 (Public Location)

7. Small brown seaweed - lower shore (Wembury 1)
Lower shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

9. Small green seaweed - shallow pools (Wembury 3)
Upper shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

10. Smaller green seaweed - shallow pools (Wembury 4)
Upper shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

13. Red seaweed - lower shore (Asparagopsis armata ?) (Wembury 7)
Lower shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

16. Flat red seaweed - middle shore (Wembury 10)
Middle shore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

19. Small red branched seaweed - middle to uppershore (Wembury 13)
Middle to uppershore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon.
19.09.05 (Public Location)

22. Small red seaweed - uppershore (Wembury 16)
Uppershore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)

23. Small green seaweed - uppershore (Wembury 17)
Uppershore. Wembury (VMNR), nr. Plymouth, Devon. 19.09.05 (Public Location)


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