PLANTS Profile for Elatine minima (small waterwort)

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Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.
small waterwort

Symbol:

ELMI

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Elatinaceae

Duration:

Annual

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
SPM		N

More Information:

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Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

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Distribution:
Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.


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USA (CT, DE, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI), CAN (LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

View 2 genera in Elatinaceae, 10 species in Elatine

Classification:
Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Dilleniidae
Order	Theales
Family	Elatinaceae – Waterwort family
Genus	Elatine L. – waterwort
Species	Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey. – small waterwort

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Maryland:
small waterwort		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
small waterwort		Rare

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Elatine minima (Nutt.) Fisch. & C.A. Mey.

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 21411.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 05/22/2013 04:52 PM CDT