Wrack (science)
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Wrack is the common name for several species of seaweed in the family Fucaceae. See: Fucus ceranoides L.; Fucus cottonii M.J.Wynne and Magne; Fucus distichus L.; Fucus evanescans C.Agardh; Fucus serratus L., known in English by the Common Name as: "Toothed Wrack"; Fucus vesiculosus L. known in English by the Common Name: "Bladder Wrack"; Fucus spiralis L. known in English by the Common Name: "Spiral Wrack"; Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis known in English by the Common Name: "Knotted Wrack" and Pelvetia canaliculata(L.) Decaisne and Thuret known in English by the Common Name: "Channeled Wrack".
These species along, with others, are found world-wide:-
Ascophyllum nodosum (L.) Le Jolis Europe, northeastern North America
Fucus distichus L. California (USA).
Fucus edentarulus De la Pylaie northeastern North America
Fucus evanescens C.Agardh northeastern North America
Fucus filiformis Gmelin northeastern North America
Fucus gardneri Silva Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Fucus miclonensis De la Pylaie northeastern North America
Fucus serratus L.Europe, northeastern North America
Fucus spiralis L.Europe, northeastern North America
Fucus vesiculosus L. Europe,including Greenland; northeastern North America
Hesperophycus harveyanus (Decne.) S.& G. California (USA)
Pelvetia canaliculata (L.) Decaisne and Thuret Hope Island, British Columbia (Canada); San Luis Obispo County, California (USA)
Pelvetia fastigiata (J.Ag.) DeToni California (USA)
Pelvetiopsis arborescens Gardn. Califiornia (USA)
Pelvetiopsis limitata Gardn. California (USA)
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