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Your search found 8 taxa in the family Hydrocharitaceae, Frog's-bit family, as understood by Vascular Flora of the Carolinas.
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Common Name:
Brazilian Waterweed, Brazilian Egeria, "Brazilian Elodea", "Anacharis"
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Ponds and stagnant water of streams or rivers
Uncommon
Non-native: South America
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Common Name:
American Eelgrass, Water-celery, Tapegrass, Vallisneria
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Vallisneria americana FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Vallisneria americana FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Vallisneria americana 028-03-001 FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Habitat: Lakes, rivers, estuaries, sounds
Rare
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
American Frogsbit, Spongeplant
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) 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
Habitat: Swamps, marshes, ponds, pools
Uncommon
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
Common Name: European Frog's-bit
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Hydrocharis morsus-ranae FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrocharis morsus-ranae FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Habitat: Flooded and saturated wetlands
Non-native: Europe
Common Name: African Elodea, oxygen-weed, South African oxygen weed
PLANTS National Database: Lagarosiphon major FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Non-native: southern Africa
Common Name: Duck-lettuce
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Ottelia alismoides FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Ottelia alismoides FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Habitat: Quiet waters of streams and bayous, and a weed in rice fields
Non-native: Asia & Australia
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Common Name:
Whorled Hydrilla
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Hydrilla verticillata ssp. verticillata FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hydrilla verticillata FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, rivers, often locally abundant. This species has become a serious aquatic weed
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon in Piedmont)
Non-native: China & adjacent areas
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Common Name:
Wandering Hydrilla
Weakley's Flora: (2/10/25) Hydrilla verticillata ssp. peregrina FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Hydrilla verticillata FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, rivers, often locally abundant. This species has become a serious aquatic weed
Common in NC Piedmont (uncommon in NC Mtns & SC Piedmont, rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Non-native: Korea & adjacent China
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