PLANTS Profile for Elodea schweinitzii (Schweinitz's waterweed)

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Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary
Schweinitz's waterweed

Symbol:

ELSC

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Hydrocharitaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48

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Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary

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Synonyms:
Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary

APSC2

Apalanthe schweinitzii Planch.

Native Status:
Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary


View Distribution	Native Introduced

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USA (NJ, NY, PA)

Related Taxa:
Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary

View 14 genera in Hydrocharitaceae, 5 species in Elodea

Classification:
Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Hydrocharitales
Family	Hydrocharitaceae – Tape-grass family
Genus	Elodea Michx. – waterweed
Species	Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary – Schweinitz's waterweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary

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.

Pennsylvania:
Schweinitz's waterweed		Extirpated

More Accounts and Images:
Elodea schweinitzii (Planch.) Caspary

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38946.

Time Generated: 06/18/2013 12:46 AM CDT