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Your search found 2 taxa in the family Saururaceae, Lizard's-tail family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.
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Common Name:
Lizard's-tail, Water-dragon
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Saururus cernuus FAMILY: Saururaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Saururus cernuus FAMILY: Saururaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Saururus cernuus 050-01-001 FAMILY: Saururaceae
Habitat: Swamps, overwash pools in stream floodplains, freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes, semipermanently inundated rocky bars and shores, beaver ponds, ditches, usually where water ponds seasonally or periodically. In swamps of the Coastal Plain, Saururus often is dominant in large patches
Common (rare in Mountains)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name:
Fishmint, Chameleon-plant, Fishleaf
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Houttuynia cordata FAMILY: Saururaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Houttuynia cordata FAMILY: Saururaceae
Habitat: Disturbed areas, moist suburban forests, ditches, spread from cultivation
Waif(s)
Non-native: east Asia
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