Upper intertidal on rock. At Big Beach, Ucluelet.
Drift specimen. Annotated photo shows Saccharina on the right and the similar looking kelp Costaria costata on the left.
Weird “Postelsia”-like morphology and location, but definitely Alaria. Very close to a bed of Postelsia.
Growing on Phyllospadix in mid intertidal. At Big Beach, Ucluelet.
Drift specimen, quite degraded. Can still see overall width of branches, which remained narrow throughout: ~1cm.
On rock wall to the left of the beach. Mid-intertidal.