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Araceae
Lemna

not marked as a favorite taxon Lemna turionifera Landolt. Common name: Turion Duckweed, Red Duckweed. Habitat: Mesotrophic to eutrophic, quiet waters. Distribution: Circumboreal, in North America from NL (Newfoundland) west to AK, south to c. PA (Rhoads & Klein 1993; Rhoads & Block 2007), WV, KY, n. AL (FNA), TX, NM, AZ, and CA.

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Section: Lemna.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Can, ETx1, FNA22, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Ok, Pa; < Lemna gibba L. — GrPl; < Lemna minor L. — C, F. Basionym: Lemna turionifera Landolt 1975

Links to other floras: = Lemna turionifera - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Great Plains: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 6

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image #1 of Lemna turionifera© Samuel Brinker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Samuel Brinker source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #2 of Lemna turionifera© J. Burke Korol, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by J. Burke Korol source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #3 of Lemna turionifera© Samuel Brinker, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Samuel Brinker source CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | Original Image ⭷
image #4 of Lemna turionifera© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
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