During a walk with the Comox Vallley Naturalists along the shores of Oyster Bay, we noticed the various shapes of rockweed. One, with long fingers, our guide called "staghorn rockweed".
The rockweed I am used to has short, stubby fingers. I searched through my old photos, to see if I had any of these long ones.
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| "Normal" rockweed. July, 2009. Probably on the White Rock beach. |
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| June, 2008. Boundary Bay. The little bladders are round and fat. Sometimes they're heart shaped. |
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| July, 2011, from the White Rock beach. Fat bladder faces with two ears. |
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| August, 2015. Probably at Boundary Bay. These ones are longer. |
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| Oyster Bay, July, 2009. Unusual shapes. |
According to the websites I visited, these are all probably the same species, or a variant,
Fucus distichus subsp. evanescens. Aka. F. gardneri. The name, "staghorn" seems to be an attempt at distinguishing shapes, not an official name.
This is another plant I have been taking for granted, because it is so familiar. I'll have to pay more attention.
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