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Your search found 7 taxa in the family Hydrocharitaceae, Frog's-bit family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Brazilian Waterweed, Brazilian Egeria, "Brazilian Elodea", "Anacharis"
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Egeria densa FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Egeria densa FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Egeria densa 028-01-001 FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Look for it in ponds and stagnant water of streams or rivers
Uncommon
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
American Eelgrass, Water-celery, Tapegrass
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Vallisneria americana FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vallisneria americana FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
(?) Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vallisneria americana 028-03-001 FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Look for it in lakes, rivers, estuaries, sounds
Common in Coastal Plain (rare in Piedmont & Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Frogsbit, Spongeplant
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Limnobium spongia FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Limnobium spongia FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Limnobium spongia 028-04-001 FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Look for it in swamps, marshes, ponds, pools
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Hydrilla
Weakley's Flora: (11/30/12) Hydrilla verticillata FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrilla verticillata FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Look for it in ponds, lakes, rivers
Uncommon, but often locally abundant
Non-native: Old World
Common Name: European frog-bit
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) - FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
PLANTS National Database: Hydrocharis morsus-ranae FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Non-native
Common Name: African Elodea, oxygen-weed, South African oxygen weed
Weakley's Flora: (10/20/20) - FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
PLANTS National Database: Lagarosiphon major FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Non-native: southern Africa
Common Name: Duck lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (5/21/15) Ottelia alismoides FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ottelia alismoides FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Look for it in quiet waters of streams and bayous, and a weed in rice fields
Non-native: Asia & Australia
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