Maine Biota Project

Brown Algae of Mount Desert Island

(Division Phaeophyta)


Brown Algae of Maine

Brown Algae of Mount Desert Island


The species listed below are likely a small percentage of the brown algae that live in the ocean adjacent to Mount Desert Island.
Class Order Family Genus Species Authority Common Name Sources (full citations given below this table)
Phaeophyceae Fucales Fucaceae Ascophyllum nodosum Scorpiodes knotted wrack
Phaeophyceae Fucales Fucaceae Fucus spirillus ? spiral wrack
Phaeophyceae Fucales Fucaceae Fucus vesiculosus ? bladder wrack
Phaeophyceae Laminariales Alariaceae Alaria esculenta ? dabberlocks
Phaeophyceae Laminariales Laminariaceae Agarum cribrosum ? sea colander
Phaeophyceae Laminariales Laminariaceae Laminaria digitata ? horsetail kelp




Thank you to Ruth Gortner Grierson for their contributions to this page.