alaria (alaria esculenta)

• See also seaweeds
• Alaria is a genus of brown alga seaweed.
• In Japan and South America alaria is dried and eaten as a food.
• There are about 17 species of alaria
• Alaria esculenta is a large brown seaweed common on the shores of the British Isles. It is the only species of alaria found in Britain
• Alaria marginata is found along the west coast of North America. It is also known as California nori, wild nori or California wakame, but it is in fact a different species from either nori or wakame.