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Sea Lettuce

Macrocystis pyrifera

  


                                 Photo ©Patricia McQuade

Algae doesn’t have roots or leaves. But it doesn’t need them. It can get its nutrients directly from the water it’s floating in. And the part that looks like a leaf -- the blade -- does photosynthesis. If there is too much sea lettuce growing in one place, it can form large mats that cover the water. That’s bad, because it keeps the plants and animals in the water from getting any sun, and they die. Sea Lettuce is eaten by humans and is used as food for livestock.
Earth Cards Nature Trading Cards

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Nature Trading Cards
What are Earth Cards?

Trading cards?  Flash cards?  Game cards? Animal cards? Earth cards are all of these.

  • Collect them like baseball cards.
  • Play games with them like a game deck.
  • Use them as flash cards and species cards for learning. 
  • Trade them with your friends.

Box of 35 cards          $5.00
Box of 65 cards        $10.00
Box of 100 cards       $15.00

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You can customize your box of cards. Just go to Choose your cards and pick the species you want included.  
A box of Nature Trading Cards would be a nice gift for your child's classroom. You can also order them in quantities, at special prices, to use as fundraisers for your school. Schools