Skaneateles Conservation Area/Invasive species/algae
The term "algae" is informally used to describe a polyphyletic group of organisms that are not even all in same kingdom in recent classification systems.
| Order | Common name | G | A | N | S | I | T | M | L | % | NY Rank |
NY Tier |
NY PRISM Tiers | SCA Tier |
BW Tier |
CBG | |||||||||
| Family | Species | W | F | K | C | S | A | H | L | ||||||||||||||||
| Chromista: Ochrophyta: Bacillariophyceae: Cymbellales: | diatoms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cymbellaceae | Didymosphenia geminata | didymo, rock snot | Y | – | ? | – | X | – | M | P | – | High | 3 | u | 1a | 4 | 3 | u | 1a | 1a | 1a | 1a | i | ||
| Chromista: Haptophyta: Coccolithophyceae: Prymnesiales: | haptophyte algae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prymnesiaceae | Prymnesium parvum | golden algae | ? | – | 0 | – | 5 | T | – | P | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1d | 1d | i | |
| Plantae: Charophyta: Charophyceae: Charales: | freshwater green algae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Characeae | Nitellopsis obtusa | starry stonewort | N | \ | 3 | – | 5 | T | M | – | – | Very High | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1a | 1a | i | ||
| Plantae: Chlorophyta: Ulvophyceae: Bryopsidales: | filamentous green algae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Caulerpaceae | Caulerpa taxifolia | feather caulerpa, killer green algae | N | \ | 0 | – | X | – | – | P | – | High | 1b | 1d | 1d | i | |||||||||
| Codiaceae | Codium fragile ssp. fragile | dead man's fingers | ? | \ | D | – | 2 | T | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1d | 1d | i | |
| Plantae: Rhodophyta: Florideophyceae: Ceramiales: | red algae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dasyaceae | Dasysiphonia japonica | dasy, red alga, siphoned Japan weed | ? | – | 0 | – | – | T | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | i | |
| Plantae: Rhodophyta: Florideophyceae: Halymeniales: | red algae | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Halymeniaceae | Grateloupia turuturu | red alga, devil's tongue weed | N | – | D | – | – | T | – | R | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1d | 1d | i | |