Japanese wireweed / Japanese weed / Japweed (Sargassum muticum), an invasive Asian species smothering a rock pool, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, UK

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Japanese wireweed / Japanese weed / Japweed (Sargassum muticum), an invasive species from the western Pacific spreading in Europe and the UK, buoyed up by air bladders, dominating a rockpool, Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK, July.

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Size: 5208px × 3904px
Location: Kimmeridge, Dorset, UK
Photo credit: © Nick Upton / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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