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Hydrocharitaceae
Elodea

not marked as a favorite taxon Elodea schweinitzii (Planchon) Caspary. Common name: Schweinitz's Waterweed. Habitat: Rivers. Distribution: NY, n. NJ, and e. PA; perhaps extinct.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Sometimes considered "too variable to justify recognition" (Rhoads & Block 2007), or a hybrid, or "teratological".

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, F, FNA22, G, K4, NY, Pa; Apalanthe schweinitzii Planch. Basionym: Apalanthe schweinitzii Planch. 1848

Links to other floras: = Elodea schweinitzii - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 8

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