#Kelp #seaweeds & #sea #plants #ArtGallery at #ShawOceanDiscoveryCentre in #SidneyBC on #VancouverIsland in #BritishColumbia #Canada - #educational #aquarium / #SalishSea #LearningCentre ๐Ÿ™๐Ÿฆ€๐Ÿฆ๐Ÿš๐ŸŸ

Lots of beautiful #MarinePlants #paintings in their little gallery. I loved the kelp themed art window panel coverings too.

#vanisle #PNW #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #TourismBC #TourismVancouverIsland

๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข is a marine plant!

Have you ever seen this plant washed up on a beach or underwater?
If you are from the Mediterranean region, most probably yes. But you might have thought it was an algae.
A curious fact about these plants is that they evolved back from land plants and not viceversa!

๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ข ๐˜ฐ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ข is endemic of the Mediterranean region.

#marineplants #plants #posidoniaoceanica #marinebiology #marinelife #OceanFact