Lemna minor Linnaeus. Section: Lemna. Common Duckweed. Hab: Still to slowly moving waters of ponds, lakes, beaver ponds, and swamps. Dist: Widespread in the Northern Hemisphere; scattered in the Southern Hemisphere, where perhaps in part introduced.
Origin/Endemic status: Native
Synonymy: = AqW, Ar, FNA22, Il, K1, K3, K4, Mi, NE, NY, Ok, Pa, Tat, Tn, Tx, Va, WH3, Landolt (1980), Landolt (1986); > Lemna cyclostasa Elliott (Chevallier ex C.H. Thompson – S, S13; < Lemna minor L. – C, F, G, GrPl, RAB, W, WV, (also see L. obscura); > Lemna minor L. – S, S13
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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