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Hydrocharitaceae
Elodea

not marked as a favorite taxon Elodea canadensis Michaux. Common name: Common Waterweed. Phenology: Jul-Sep. Habitat: Rivers, lakes, ponds, stagnant waters of streams. Distribution: Québec west to Saskatchewan, south to North Carolina, Panhandle Florida, n. Arkansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and California, the southern distribution perhaps only introduced.

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Taxonomy Comments: Elodea schweinitzii has often been recognized, but overall evidence suggests is a mere form of E. canadensis. It is alleged to differ in having perfect flowers with 3 stamens (as opposed to flowers either pistillate or staminate, and the staminate flowers usually with 9 stamens).

Synonymy ⓘ: = Ar, Can, FNA22, GrPl, GW1, Il, Mi, Mo1, NE, POWO, RAB, Tn, Va, W, WH3, WV, Cook & Urmi-König (1985); = Philotria canadensis (Michx.) Britton — S; = Philotria linearis Rydberg — S13; > Anacharis canadensis (Michx.) Planch. — G, Tat; > Apalanthe schweinitzii Planch.; > Elodea canadensis Michx. — AqW, C, F, K1, K4, NS, NY, Pa; > Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Casp. — AqW, C, F, G, K1, K4, NS, NY, Pa; >< Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Casp. — FNA22, not treated formally. Basionym: Elodea canadensis Michx. 1803

Links to other floras: = Elodea canadensis - FNA22; >< Elodea schweinitzii - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 7

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