DSC_3022 Rubber weed (Apophlaea lyallii) restricted to southern NZ, especially Otago, Fiordland, Stewart Is, and the Chathams. A distinctive, gingery brown-red colour, with tough and rubbery, branching contorted stems. A seaweed of the upper intertidal zone, on rock in moderately sheltered areas. Brighton Beach *
DSC_4412 Red tar (Apophlaea sinclairii) detail of thick circular, tar-like crusts or patches, very firmly attached to the rock. Dark red-brown to purple when wet. Upper intertidal zone, on rock, on sheltered to exposed coasts. Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula *
DSC_4453 Red tar (Apophlaea sinclairii) band of thick circular, tar-like crusts or patches firmly attached to rock at low tide. Dark red-brown to purple when wet. Upper intertidal zone, on rock, on sheltered to exposed coasts. Matai Bay, Karikari Peninsula *
