PC_10138 Brown seaweed (Desmarestia ligulata) underwater in tidal pool. Large (to 1m), plants with a flattened main axis and pinnately arranged side branches lying on one plane. Plants release acid when cast ashore which speeds up their decay, and the plants also turn green as they break down. Brighton Beach *
PC_210078 Brown seaweed (Desmarestia ligulata) underwater in tidal shallows. Large (to 1m), plants with a flattened main axis and pinnately arranged side branches lying on one plane. Plants release acid when cast ashore which speeds up their decay, and the plants also turn green as they break down. Smaills Beach, Otago Peninsula *
DSC_6519 Brown seaweed (Desmarestia ligulata) detail of frond. Large (to 1m), plants with a flattened main axis and pinnately arranged side branches lying on one plane. Plants release acid when cast ashore which speeds up their decay, and the plants also turn green as they break down. All Day Bay, Kakanui
