Trentepohlia
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(Trentepohlia) · 9/7/2021 · Kennebec River Bridge, Bowdoinham, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3½″ (13 × 9 cm) 
(Trentepohlia) · 9/7/2021 · Kennebec River Bridge, Bowdoinham, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
(Trentepohlia) · 9/17/2017 · Purgatory Falls, Mont Vernon, New Hampshire · ≈ 8 × 5″ (20 × 13 cm) 
Species not yet identified 
(Trentepohlia) · 1/5/2024 · Carl & Barbara Segerstrom, Westport Island, Maine 
(Trentepohlia) · An algae · 4/19/2014 · Birch Point State Park, Owls Head, Knox County, Maine · ≈ 4½ × 3″ (11 × 7.9 cm) 
(Trentepohlia) · 4/24/2025 · East Branch of Oven's Mouth Preserve, Boothbay, Maine · ≈ 5 × 3″ (12 × 8.5 cm) 
(Trentepohlia) · 4/23/2024 · Topsham Ponds Trails, Topsham, Maine 
(Trentepohlia) · 3/18/2024 · Kelsey Trail, East Freeport, Maine 
| Kingdom | Plantae | Plants, but not fungi, lichens, or algae (from Stearn's Botanical Latin) |
| Division | Chlorophyta | About 7000 species of green algae |
| Class | Chlorophyceae | Most green algae. From chloros, “green;” and phyceae, “algal organisation” |
| Order | Trentepohliales | Green algae that are subaerial (rather than aquatic), growing on humid soil, rocks, buildings, tree bark, leaves, stems, and fruit |
| Family | Trentepohliaceae | Algae with branching filaments without hairs, and both prostrate and upright growth systems |
| Genus | Trentepohlia | Algae that are orange rather than green due to carotenoid pigments that mask the chlorophyll |
Trentepohlia description by Thomas H. Kent, not updated.
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