Any brown algae with blades

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Other images:

Distinguishing features: Any brown algae with blades that you are unsure about any taxonomy. Could be singular or multiple blades. BLD for juveniles (e.g., kelps that are too small to ID)

Easily confused species and differentiation:

Extended Description: The image chosen does contain Fucus spp, but a lot of times juvenile fucus is really difficult to ID in the field so using UBBL and marking juvenile in the notes section is helpful.