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A bed of mixed algae, dominated by the corraline algae, Bossiella spp.

Pickleweed, Sarcocornia pacifica, Moss Landing, CA.

Pickleweed, Sarcocornia pacifica, Moss Landing, CA.

A bed of mixed algae, dominated by the corraline algae, Bossiella spp.

Sky Lupine, Lupinus nanus, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Sky Lupine, Lupinus nanus, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Sea Thrift, or California Seapink, Armeria maritima ssp. californica, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

The brown intertidal algae, Silvetia compressa, Pacific Grove, CA.

Despite it's brown color, Mazzaella splendens, is a red algae. Pacific Grove, CA.

Mazzaella splendens, is actually a red algae. The irridescent sheen is more obvious when it's wet. Pacific Grove, CA.

Surfgrass beds, Phyllospadix torreyi, are exposed at low tides, along the Pacific Grove coast in central California.

Checker Bloom, Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Seaside Daisy, Erigeron glaucus, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Checker Bloom, Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

The Allen Memorial Grove of Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, is one of the last two remaining native stands on earth.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, with live trees in the background.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, with a live tree in the background.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, surrounded with living trees.

A Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, clinging to a hillside at Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.

A dead Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA

Dead Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, among living trees, in the Allen Memorial Grove, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, surrounded with living trees.

An old Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA

Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, clinging to the cliffs of Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA

Coastal strand vegetation, Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

Coastal strand vegetation, with Indian Paint Brush, Castilleja affinis, at center, Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

The palmtree-like brown algae, Postelsia palmaeformis, is rarely seen north of Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA. It thrives on rocky shores with breaking surf.

The green alga, Ulva intestinalis, thrives in a wide range of fresh to saline environments. It is one of the few species that can live in the highly saline habitat of evaporating splash pools, on the upper edge of the intertidal zone.

The long blades of Alaria marginata, with the palmtree-like brown algae, Postelsia palmaeformis, Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

California Blue-eyed grass, Sisyrinchium bellum, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

The trunk of the Old Veteran Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA

Close-up of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa.

Checker Bloom, Sidalcea malviflora ssp. malviflora, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Common Yarrow, Achillea millefolium, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

The dead trunk of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, surrounded with living trees.

The green algae, Trentepohlia aurea v. polycarpa, thrives in the salt laden mists that bathe the Monterey Cypress groves , Cupressus macrocarpa, on the north shore of Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

The green algae, Trentepohlia aurea v. polycarpa, is colored orange, by carotenoid pigments. This algae appears as a fuzzy rust-like deposit on Monterey Cypress trees at Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

The succulent, Dudleya farinosa, growing on a granite outcropping, on the north shore of Point Lobos State Reserve, south of Carmel, CA.

Douglas Iris, Iris douglasiana, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Miner's Lettuce, Claytonia perfoliata, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Western Poison Oak, Toxicodendron diversilobum, Point Lobos State Reserve, CA.

Surfgrass beds, Phyllospadix torreyi, in central California, can be covered in epiphytic algae, in the absence of small molluscs that feed on the algae without damaging the grass blades.

Epiphytic algae growing on the blades of Surfgrass, Phyllospadix torreyi.

Surfgrass, Phyllospadix torreyi, thrives along the rocky wave washed shores of Pacific Grove and Monterey, CA.

Marsh Gum Plant, Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla, Moss Landing, CA.

Marsh Gum Plant, Grindelia stricta var. platyphylla, Moss Landing, CA.

Coast Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, Partington Canyon, Big Sur coast.

California coastal canyon ecosystem, Partington Canyon, Big Sur coast.

Maidenhair fern, Adiantum pedatum, Partington Canyon, Big Sur coast.

California coastal canyon ecosystem, Partington Canyon, Big Sur coast.

Crimson or Western Columbine, Aquilegia formosa, Partington Canyon, Big Sur coast, CA.

A small bed of mussels with corraline algae and fringed by long blades of the brown algae, Alaria marginata.

California Elk Clover, Aralia californica, and Coast Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens.

Coast Buckwheat, Eriogonum latifolium, Pacific Grove, CA.

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