Plants Profile for Alisma gramineum (narrowleaf water plantain)

General Information
Symbol:	ALGR
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Alismataceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	CAN N L48 N
Characteristics
Data Source and Documentation

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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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Gary Larson. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Provided by USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute (WSI). Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 94. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

USDA NRCS. Wetland flora: Field office illustrated guide to plant species. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Provided by NRCS National Wetland Team. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
ALGE3	Alisma geyeri Torr.
ALGRA	Alisma gramineum Lej. var. angustissimum (DC.) A.J. Hendricks
ALGRG2	Alisma gramineum Lej. var. geyeri (Torr.) Lam.
ALGRG3	Alisma gramineum Lej. var. graminifolium (Wahlenb.) A.J. Hendricks
ALGRW	Alisma gramineum Lej. var. wahlenbergii auct. non (Holmb.) Raymond & Kucyniak
ALLA5	Alisma lanceolatum A. Gray

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Alismatales
Family	Alismataceae – Water-plantain family
Genus	Alisma L. – water plantain
Species	Alisma gramineum Lej. – narrowleaf water plantain

Subordinate Taxa

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Legal Status

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL