Last night (9 March 2020), while I was doing a survey in the rocky intertidal zone, an interesting little brown seaweed caught my eye. I had to get some other things done, but I took a few photos to review later (see below). The thin and slender brown blades were ~8-10 cm (3-4 inches) long:
Right now I'm guessing that this is Petalonia fascia (sometimes called False Kelp, because it looks like a small kelp at first, but it's not a true kelp). I'll try to check in with a few seaweed folks to see if that's correct.
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