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Oarweed

A large brown seaweed which can grow up to four metres long, it is also called tangleweed.  It provides habitat for many sea creatures and has been used by people for hundreds of years as food, medicine and even bandages!  Oarweed grows attached to rocks and other hard surfaces including metal and concrete.