Fucaceae - [?] family
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Mount Desert Island is home to [?] species in [?] genera. Click on a link below or scroll down for more information.
   Ascophyllum ([?] species)
      Ascophyllum nodosum - knotted wrack
   Fucus ([?] species)
      Fucus spirillus - spiral wrack
      Fucus vesiculosus - bladder wrack

Ascophyllum ([?])
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Ascophyllum nodosum (knotted wrack) - [information to be added]

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Fucus ([?])
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Fucus spirillus (spiral wrack) occurs very high in the intertidal zone. Each strand is twisted, hence the specific epithet spirillus, and it has no air bladders. Note the longitudinal thickening around the ovate receptacle (lower right).
   
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Fucus vesiculosus (bladder wrack) - [information to be added]

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