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Algae of the Great Lakes Region
Algae Organized by Form
Macroscopic Attached Algae

This page includes the most common species of erect filamentous attached algae which form a 'lawn' on the lake bottom or on subsurface structures. All are green algae. The largest macrophytic algae (seaweeds) are not included in this page. Broken pieces of these species are commonly found in floating mats and washed up on beaches.

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Great Lakes Algae Species List - Macroscopic Attached Algae

Division Chlorophyta - Green Algae

Class Chlorophyceae
- Order Chaetophorales
  - Family Chaetophoraceae
    - Genus Chaetophora
      - Chaetophora attenuata
      - Chaetophora elegans
      - Chaetophora incrassata
      - Chaetophora pisiformis
- Order Cladophorales
  - Family Cladophoraceae
    - Genus Cladophora
      - Cladophora callicoma
      - Cladophora crispata
      - Cladophora fracta
      - Cladophora glomerata
      - Cladophora insignis
      - Cladophora oligoclona
      - Cladophora profunda
- Order Oedogoniales
  - Family Oedogoniaceae
    - Genus Bulbochaete
      - Bulbochaete alabamensis
      - Bulbochaete angulosa
      - Bulbochaete borealis
      - Bulbochaete brebissonii
      - Bulbochaete congener
      - Bulbochaete crenulata
      - Bulbochaete crassa
      - Bulbochaete crassiuscula
      - Bulbochaete dispar
      - Bulbochaete elatior
      - Bulbochaete furberae
      - Bulbochaete gigantea
      - Bulbochaete hiloensis
      - Bulbochaete insignis
      - Bulbochaete intermedia
      - Bulbochaete minor
      - Bulbochaete minuta
      - Bulbochaete mirabilis
      - Bulbochaete nordstedtii
      - Bulbochaete obliqua
      - Bulbochaete polyandria
      - Bulbochaete praereticulata
      - Bulbochaete pygmaea
      - Bulbochaete rectangularis
      - Bulbochaete regalis
      - Bulbochaete repanda
      - Bulbochaete reticulata
      - Bulbochaete scrobiculata
      - Bulbochaete sessilis
      - Bulbochaete setigera
      - Bulbochaete tenuis
      - Bulbochaete valida
      - Bulbochaete varians
    - Genus Oedogonium *#
      - Oedogonium abbreviatum
      - Oedogonium ackleyae
      - Oedogonium acrosporum
      - Oedogonium ahlstrandii
      - Oedogonium ambiceps
      - Oedogonium americanum
      - Oedogonium amplum
      - Oedogonium angustissimum
      - Oedogonium angustum
      - Oedogonium anomalum
      - Oedogonium areolatum
      - Oedogonium areoliferum
      - Oedogonium areschougii
      - Oedogonium argenteum
      - Oedogonium austale
      - Oedogonium autumnale
      - Oedogonium bohemicum
      - Oedogonium borisanum
      - Oedogonium boscii
      - Oedogonium brasiliense
      - Oedogonium braunii
      - Oedogonium calvum
      - Oedogonium capillare
      - Oedogonium capilliforme
      - Oedogonium cardiacum
      - Oedogonium carolinianum
      - Oedogonium ciliatum
      - Oedogonium concatenatum
      - Oedogonium crassiusculum
      - Oedogonium crassum
      - Oedogonium crenulatocostatum
      - Oedogonium crispum
      - Oedogonium croasdaleae
      - Oedogonium cryptoporum
      - Oedogonium curtum
      - Oedogonium cyathigerum
      - Oedogonium decipiens
      - Oedogonium depressum
      - Oedogonium diversum
      - Oedogonium echinospermum
      - Oedogonium epiphyticum
      - Oedogonium exocostatum
      - Oedogonium fennicum
      - Oedogonium fragile
      - Oedogonium gallicum
      - Oedogonium giganteum
      - Oedogonium globosum
      - Oedogonium gracilimum
      - Oedogonium gracilius
      - Oedogonium grande
      - Oedogonium gunnii
      - Oedogonium hians
      - Oedogonium hirnii
      - Oedogonium hispidum
      - Oedogonium howardii
      - Oedogonium hystricinum
      - Oedogonium idioandrosporum
      - Oedogonium inclusum
      - Oedogonium inconspicuum
      - Oedogonium intermedium
      - Oedogonium iowense
      - Oedogonium irregulare
      - Oedogonium itzigsohnii
      - Oedogonium kjellmanii
      - Oedogonium kozminskii
      - Oedogonium kurzii
      - Oedogonium laeve
      - Oedogonium landsboroughii
      - Oedogonium latiusculum
      - Oedogonium lautumniarum
      - Oedogonium longatum
      - Oedogonium longiarticulatum
      - Oedogonium macrandrium
      - Oedogonium macrospermum
      - Oedogonium magnum
      - Oedogonium magnusii
      - Oedogonium majus
      - Oedogonium megaporum
      - Oedogonium mexicanum
      - Oedogonium michiganense
      - Oedogonium microgonium
      - Oedogonium minisporum
      - Oedogonium minus
      - Oedogonium mitratum
      - Oedogonium monile
      - Oedogonium moniliforme
      - Oedogonium multisporum
      - Oedogonium nanum
      - Oedogonium nodulosum
      - Oedogonium oblongum
      - Oedogonium oelandicum
      - Oedogonium orientale
      - Oedogonium oviforme
      - Oedogonium pachydermum
      - Oedogonium paludosum
      - Oedogonium patulum
      - Oedogonium paucostritum
      - Oedogonium perfectum
      - Oedogonium pisanum
      - Oedogonium plagiostomum
      - Oedogonium plusiosporum
      - Oedogonium poecilosporum
      - Oedogonium polyandrium
      - Oedogonium porrectum
      - Oedogonium pratense
      - Oedogonium princeps
      - Oedogonium pringsheimi
      - Oedogonium psaegmatosporum
      - Oedogonium pseudo-boscii
      - Oedogonium pseudoplenum
      - Oedogonium punctatostriatum
      - Oedogonium pusillum
      - Oedogonium pyriforme
      - Oedogonium reinschii
      - Oedogonium richterianum
      - Oedogonium rivulare
      - Oedogonium rufescens
      - Oedogonium rugulosum
      - Oedogonium sancti-thomae
      - Oedogonium sawyerii
      - Oedogonium sexanulare
      - Oedogonium sinuatum
      - Oedogonium smithii
      - Oedogonium sociale
      - Oedogonium sodiroanum
      - Oedogonium spheroideum
      - Oedogonium spiralidens
      - Oedogonium spirostriatum
      - Oedogonium spurium
      - Oedogonium stellatum
      - Oedogonium striatum
      - Oedogonium subplenum
      - Oedogonium subsexangulare
      - Oedogonium suecicum
      - Oedogonium tapeinosporum
      - Oedogonium taphrosporum
      - Oedogonium tiffanyi
      - Oedogonium trioicum
      - Oedogonium tyrolicum
      - Oedogonium undulatum
      - Oedogonium upsaliense
      - Oedogonium urceolatum
      - Oedogonium varians
      - Oedogonium vaucherii
      - Oedogonium verrucosum
      - Oedogonium vulgare
      - Oedogonium welwitschii
      - Oedogonium westii
      - Oedogonium wolleanum
      - Oedogonium wyliei
- Order Zygnematales
  - Family Zygnemataceae
    - Genus Spirogyra H
      - Spirogyra aequinoctialis
      - Spirogyra affinis
      - Spirogyra borgeanna
      - Spirogyra borysthenica
      - Spirogyra catenaeformis
      - Spirogyra circumlineata
      - Spirogyra collinsii
      - Spirogyra communis
      - Spirogyra condensata
      - Spirogyra crassa
      - Spirogyra daedaleoides
      - Spirogyra decimina
      - Spirogyra dubia
      - Spirogyra ellipsospora
      - Spirogyra fallax
      - Spirogyra farlowii
      - Spirogyra flavescens
      - Spirogyra fluviatilis
      - Spirogyra fuellebornei
      - Spirogyra gracilis
      - Spirogyra gratiana
      - Spirogyra grevilleana
      - Spirogyra inconstans
      - Spirogyra inflata
      - Spirogyra juergensii
      - Spirogyra jugalis
      - Spirogyra laxa
      - Spirogyra longata
      - Spirogyra majuscula
      - Spirogyra maxima
      - Spirogyra micropunctata
      - Spirogyra mirabilis
      - Spirogyra nitida
      - Spirogyra novae-angliae
      - Spirogyra orientalis
      - Spirogyra porangabae
      - Spirogyra porticalis
      - Spirogyra pratensis
      - Spirogyra protecta
      - Spirogyra pseudofloridana
      - Spirogyra reflexa
      - Spirogyra rhizobrachialis
      - Spirogyra rivularis
      - Spirogyra scrobiculata
      - Spirogyra singularis
      - Spirogyra spreeiana
      - Spirogyra stictica
      - Spirogyra subsalsa
      - Spirogyra suecica
      - Spirogyra sulcata
      - Spirogyra tenuissima
      - Spirogyra teodoresci
      - Spirogyra triplicata
      - Spirogyra varians
      - Spirogyra weberi

Based on: G.W. Prescott. 1962. Algae of the Western Great Lakes Area. Wm. C. Brown Co., Inc.

E Great Lakes Aquatic Nonindigenous Species List.

Additional taxonomic placements based on: Prescott. 1970. how to know the Freshwater Algae. Wm. C. Brown Co. [Enteromorpha, Nitellopsis]

Algae Links

Algal Image Laboratory - Bowling Green State University
Great Lakes Diatom Home Page - University of Michigan
The Wall - Michigan Tech
University Paisley Biodiversity Reference
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