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Brown seaweeds

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Brown seaweeds

Brown seaweeds grow around the low-tide level of rocky coasts. Most are anchored to rocks with a tough holdfast, and have flexible fronds that sweep back and forth in the tide. These seaweeds are growing in a surge channel at Woolleys Bay, Northland.

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Maggy Wassilieff, Coastal shoreline – The rocky coast – lower shore, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4820/brown-seaweeds (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Maggy Wassilieff, published 2 March 2009.