Marine Plants






Common Name:
Grass Caulerpa.
Scientific Name:
Caulerpa prolifera
Fast growing macro-algae.
Height: up to 8 inches.
Common Name:
Grape Caulerpa.
Scientific Name:
Caulerpa recemosa
Fast growing macro-algae.
Height: less than 3 inches.
Common Name:
Suction-cup Caulerpa.
Scientific Name:
Caulerpa racemosa peltata
Fast growing macro-algae.
Height: up to 3 inches.
















Common Name:
Razor/Saw-tooth Caulerpa.
Scientific Name:
Caulerpa serrulata
Fast growing macro-algae.

Height: up to 2.5 inches.

Common Name:
Feather Caulerpa.
Scientific Name:
Caulerpa sertularoides
Fast growing macro-algae.
Height: up to 4 inches.
Common Name:?.
Scientific Name:
Caulerpa sp.
Resembles C.racemosabut
with different growth habits.
Long, sparse runners, single uprights
and unlikely to crash.
















Common Name:
?
Scientific Name:
Caulerpa verticillata
Miniature Caulerpa sp.

Height: up to 1 inch tall.

Common Name:
Halimeda
Scientific Name:
Halimeda species
Calcareous algae
Height: up to 12 inches tall.
Common Name:
coralline algae
Scientific Name:
?
Calcareous algae

Less than half a millimeter thick.

















Common Name:
balloon algae
Scientific Name:
Ventricaria ventricosa
Up to 2 inches across.
One of the largest single cells.
Common Name:
bubble algae
Scientific Name:
Valonia macrophysa
Grows in mats a few inches across
Can infringe on corals.
Common Name:
?
Scientific Name:
Chaetomorpha sp.
Grows in large, compact balls
Chains of thick, cylinder-shaped cells.
















Common Name:
lettuce seaweed
Scientific Name:
Ulva lactusa
Sheet-like, thin.
Very hardy.
Common Name:
?
Scientific Name:
Enteromorpha flexuosa
Grows up to 8 inches, usually 3.
Composed of hollow tubes.
Common Name:
Leather seaweed
Scientific Name:
Codium sp.
Grows to resemble a gorgonian
Has very velvety or skin-like feel.
















Common Name:
'red macroalgae'
Scientific Name:
?
Grows slowly, to 4" round.
High light requirements.
Common Name:
Red Mangrove.
Scientific Name:
Rhizophora mangle
Emergent marine tree.
Height: 15 to 25 feet.



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