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Najas minor All.
brittle waternymph

       
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Photo of Najas minor All.
Robert H. Mohlenbrock. USDA NRCS. 1995. Northeast wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. Northeast National Technical Center, Chester. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.
 
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Najas minor All.

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Synonyms:
Najas minor All.

  CAMI28 Caulinia minor (All.) Coss. & Germ.
 

Distribution:
Najas minor All.

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Distribution Map Legend

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:

USA (AL, AR, CT, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MA, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, PA, SC, TN, VA, VT, WV), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Najas minor All.

View 1 genera in Najadaceae, 8 species in Najas
 

Classification:
Najas minor All.

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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 Najadales
Family Najadaceae – Water-nymph family
Genus Najas L. – waternymph
Species Najas minor All. – brittle waternymph
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Najas minor All.

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.

Alabama:
spinyleaf naiad              Class C noxious weed
Connecticut:
brittle water-nymph              Potentially invasive, banned
Maine:
European naiad              Invasive aquatic plant
Massachusetts:
brittle water-nymph, lesser naiad              Prohibited
South Carolina:
slender niad              Invasive aquatic plant
brittleleaf naiad              Plant pest
Washington:
slender-leaved naiad, brittle naiad              Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Najas minor All.

brittle waternymph

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.
SEEPPC        Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council. 1996. Invasive exotic pest plants in Tennessee (19 October 1999). Research Committee of the Tennessee Exotic Pest Plant Council. Tennessee.
 

Introduced Information:
Najas minor All.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

Scientific Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
Common Name= A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | all
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Najas minor All.

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 NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Najas minor All.

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

View species account 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 39002.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Najas minor All.

Invasive Plant Atlas of New England

NC-Aquatic Weed Fact Sheet (NCSU)

TX-Submerged Plants (TAES)

 
 
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