Bull kelp
Species of kelp
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Bull kelp is a common name for the brown alga Nereocystis luetkeana[1][2] which is a true kelp in the family Laminariaceae. It grows in coastal waters.[3] It ranges from Unimak Island, Alaska to California, but there is more of it north of San Francisco.[2]
Species in the genus Durvillaea are also sometimes called "bull kelp". Durvillaea is a genus in the order Fucales and, though superficially similar in appearance, is not a true kelp (all of which are in the order Laminariales).
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Bull kelp and southern bull kelps
Bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana) at Caspar Point, California
Southern bull kelps (Durvillaea) in Otago, New Zealand
