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Accession Data:

Elodea canadensis Michx.

  • Common Name: Canadian waterweed, broad waterweed, American el
  • Family: Hydrocharitaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: S. Canada to U.S.A.
  • Habitat: submerged aquatic perennial

  • USDA Zone: 3a-9b

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200500063
  • Source:
  • Accession Date: 08-18-2005
  • Bench: 2313 - New Zealand/Australia
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 08-26-2024

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Alismatales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Hydrocharitaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Aquatic Plants
  • Benthophyte
  • EEB 3271 - Systematic Botany
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: British Columbia / Manitoba / Saskatchewan / New Brunswick / Nova Scotia / Ontario / Québec / Colorado / Idaho / Montana / Oregon / Washington / Wyoming / Illinois / Iowa / Kansas / Minnesota / Missouri / North Dakota / Nebraska / South Dakota / Wisconsin / Connecticut / Indiana / Maine / Masachusettes / Michigan / New Hampshire / New Jersey / New York / Ohio / Pennsylvania / Rhode I. / Vermont / West Virginia / California / Nevada / Utah / New Mexico / Alabama / Arkansas / Delaware / Florida / Kentucky / Maryland / North Carolina / Tennessee / Virginia /

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 14 September 2015.
  2. WCSP (2015). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 14 September 2015.

data regenerated on Mon, 26 Aug 2024 09:03:02 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Hydrocharitaceae

  • Egeria densa W/C
  • Elodea canadensis
  • Limnobium laevigatum
  • Vallisneria americana
W/C = Wild Collected
= indicates flowering in past 14 days
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= accession added within past 90 days
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