common name: kelp holdfasts
scientific name: Laminaria ssp.
locations: low, low intertidal and sub-tidally in protected bays
seasonality: available year-round
colors: brown
size: 3” - 6" clumps
collected: by hand
quantity: sold by the clump or cluster
common name: kelp holdfasts
scientific name: Laminaria ssp.
locations: low, low intertidal and sub-tidally in protected bays
seasonality: available year-round
colors: brown
size: 3” - 6" clumps
collected: by hand
quantity: sold by the clump or cluster
The branching, finger-like structure of a holdfast.
Tidepool Tim says, “Holdfasts are a little slice of marine ecology. You get a nice cross-section of a community in action. Each one is unique containing molluscs, worms, bryozoa, sponges, hydroids, and other types of algae besides the kelp species. We grow these on our own mooring lines and then have them available for study year round.”
