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Your search found 11 taxa in the family Hydrocharitaceae, Frog's-bit family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.
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Common Name:
Southern Naiad, Southern Waternymph, Common Naiad
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN PLANTS National Database: Najas guadalupensis ssp. guadalupensis FAMILY: Najadaceae
INCLUDED WITHIN Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Najas guadalupensis 025-01-001 FAMILY: Najadaceae
Habitat: Lakes, rivers, impoundments
Common in Coastal Plain (uncommon elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)
Native to the Carolinas & Georgia
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Common Name: Slender Naiad, Slender Waternymph, Bushy Naiad
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Najas gracillima FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Najas gracillima FAMILY: Najadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Najas gracillima 025-01-002 FAMILY: Najadaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, slow-moving streams
Rare
Native to the Carolinas
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Common Name: Spinyleaf Naiad, Brittle Waternymph
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Najas minor FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Najas minor FAMILY: Najadaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Najas minor 025-01-003 FAMILY: Najadaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, and reservoirs, particularly where eutrophic
Common (uncommon in NC) (uncommon in GA Coastal Plain)
Non-native: Eurasia
Common Name: Narrowleaf Naiad, needleleaf waternymph
Weakley's Flora: (4/14/23) Najas filifolia FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Najas filifolia FAMILY: Najadaceae
Habitat: Lakes
Rare
Native to Georgia
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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
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Common Name:
Hydrilla
Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Hydrilla verticillata FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Hydrilla verticillata FAMILY: Hydrocharitaceae
Habitat: Ponds, lakes, rivers, often locally abundant
Common (rare in Mountains of GA & SC) (rare in GA Piedmont)
Non-native: Old World
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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