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Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.
American spongeplant

       
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Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

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Synonyms:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

  HYCO12 Hydrocharis cordifolia Nutt.
  HYSP6 Hydrocharis spongia Bosc
 

Distribution:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NY, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA)
 

Related Taxa:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

View 14 genera in Hydrocharitaceae, 2 species in Limnobium
 

Classification:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

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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 Limnobium Rich. – spongeplant
Species Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. – American spongeplant
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

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.

Kentucky:
American frog's-bit              Threatened
Maryland:
American frog's-bit              Endangered
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

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 noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

California:
spongeplant              Q list (temporary "A" list noxious weed, pending final determination )
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

spongeplant

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO OBL NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account, photographs, and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 38948.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 
 
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