Phylum: Chlorophyta

Class: Chlorophyceae

Order: Ulvales

Family: Ulvaceae

Enteromorpha intestinalis (L.) Link

Description: This plant is green in colour, elongate, usually unbranched and tubular, sometimes occurring singly but usually in tufts or dense stands.

Habitat: On rocks and epiphytic on other algae in the upper intertidal zone; often in somewhat brackish water.

Pacific Coast Distribution: Alaska to Mexico.

Robert Scagel, 1972

Moist E. intestinalis on the Race Rocks slipway	Dried E. intestinalis on the Race Rocks slipway