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Araceae
Lemna

Lemna minor Linnaeus. Common name: Common Duckweed. Habitat: Still to slowly moving waters of ponds, lakes, beaver ponds, and swamps. Distribution: Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere; scattered in the Southern Hemisphere, where perhaps in part introduced.

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Section: Lemna.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, Can, FNA22, Il, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Landolt (1980), Landolt (1986); > Lemna cyclostasa Elliott (Chevall. ex C.H.Thomps. — S, S13; < Lemna minor L. — C, F, G, GrPl, RAB, W, WV, (also see L. obscura); > Lemna minor L. — S, S13; Lemna minor L. Basionym: Lemna minor L. 1753

Links to other floras: = Lemna minor - 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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image of plant© Aidan Campos source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Paul Marcum source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Cressler: Lemna minor, Duckweed Pond, Oconee River Floodplain, Riverbend Wildlife Management Area, Laurens County, Georgia 1 by Alan Cressler source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Joey Shaw source | Original Image ⭷
image of plant© Alan Weakley source | Original Image ⭷

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