DSC_2245 Moss weed (Bostrychia arbuscula) view of habitat on open rocky coast, where it grows in a band in the upper intertidal area. This 'red' seaweed is often bleached khaki green by the sun. It occurs south of Cook Strait. Cats Eye Point, Kakanui *
DSC_2234 Moss weed (Bostrychia arbuscula) view of habitat on open rocky coast, where it grows in a band in the upper intertidal area. This 'red' seaweed is often bleached khaki green by the sun. It occurs south of Cook Strait. Cats Eye Point, Kakanui *
DSC_7457 Brown seaweed (Halopteris virgata) plants are robust and bushy. Densly covered with short hairy lateral branchlets, dark greenish-brown in colour, with tips noticeably paler. Low intertidal and upper subtidal, on rock on open coasts. Catseye Point, Kakanui
