Najas canadensis Michaux. Subgenus: Caulinia. Section: Americanae. Common name: Northern Naiad. Phenology: Jul-Aug. Habitat: Lakes, rivers, impoundments. Distribution: ME and MN south to VA, OH, and IN; in the west ID, WA, and OR (at least); also in n. Europe.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Can; = n/a — RAB; = Najas muenscheri R.T.Clausen — F; < Naias flexilis Rost. & Schmidt. — S, orthographic variant; > Najas canadensis Michx. — NY; < Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt — C, G, Il, Pa, Tat, Va, W, WV; >< Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus ssp. guadalupensis — FNA22, Haynes (1979); > Najas guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus ssp. muenscheri (R.T.Clausen) R.R.Haynes & Hellq. — FNA22, Haynes (1979); > Najas muenscheri R.T.Clausen — NY. Basionym: Najas canadensis Michx. 1803
Links to other floras: >< Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis - FNA22; > Najas guadalupensis ssp. muenscheri - FNA22
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Wetland Indicator Status:
- Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL (name change)
- Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL (name change)
- Great Plains: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Midwest: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
- Northcentral & Northeast: OBL (taxonomic split from wetland indicator species)
Heliophily ⓘ: 8
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