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POPWEED, ROCKWEED
Fucus spp.
Description:
Plant
Habitat: Upper to mid-inter-tidal zone – high rocks and ledges. Uses: Dena'ina dry Fucus and use it as seasoning. A choice seaweed, eaten raw or cooked in soup or stir-fried. Turns bright green when heated. Used as a blood anticoagulant, for its iodine, and against obesity and goiter. Sold dried in
U. S. for "bladderwrack tea." Good
source for fertilizer and good mulch. Special
Harvest or Processing Comments: Harvest in late spring and summer. Cut upper branches with scissors. |
Olive
green to light tan;