Pete Tillman
Wall of Giant green anemones @ low tide, Hearst Beach
@~minus 0.5 ft. Anthopleura xanthogrammica, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthopleura_xanthogrammica
Big healthy ones! The lowest are at ~1 ft above the low tide line -- so only occasionally out of the water. Biggest of these are ~8 in/20 cm in diameter. It's rare to see this many on a near-vertical wall. They generally prefer tide pools. These are using small beach pebbles and coarse sand as 'sunblock' and to avoid dehydration while out of water.
Wall of Giant green anemones @ low tide, Hearst Beach
@~minus 0.5 ft. Anthopleura xanthogrammica, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthopleura_xanthogrammica
Big healthy ones! The lowest are at ~1 ft above the low tide line -- so only occasionally out of the water. Biggest of these are ~8 in/20 cm in diameter. It's rare to see this many on a near-vertical wall. They generally prefer tide pools. These are using small beach pebbles and coarse sand as 'sunblock' and to avoid dehydration while out of water.