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Submersed and rooted floatingleaf species found during stratified random sampling in Pools 4, 8, 13, and 26 of the Upper Mississippi River and La Grange Pool of the Illinois River.a
Common name |
Scientific name
|
Species code
|
Family
|
Submersed |
|
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bladderwort, common | Utricularia macrorhiza Le Conte synomny U. vulgaris L. |
UTMA
|
Lentibulariaceae |
buttercup, longbeak | Ranunculus longirostris Godr.b |
RALO2
|
Ranunculaceae |
chara | Chara spp. |
CH?AR
|
Characeae |
coontail, coon's tail | April 14, 2006 |
CEDE4
|
Ceratophyllaceae |
pondweed, alpine | Potamogeton alpinus Balbis |
POAL8
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, curly (curlyleaf) | P. crispus L. |
POCR3
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, horned | Zannichellia palustris L. |
ZAPA
|
Zannichelliaceae |
pondweed, leafy | Potamogeton foliosus Raf. |
POFO3
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, leafy/small | P. foliosus Raf./P. pusillus L. |
NLPW
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, longleaf (American) | P. nodosus Poir |
PONO2
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, ribbonleaf | P. epihydrus Raf. |
POEP2
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, Richardson's | P. richardsonii (Benn.) Rydb. |
PORI2
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, sago | P. pectinatus L. synonymy Stuckenia pectinatus (L.) Boerner |
POPE6
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, small | P. pusillus L. |
POPU7
|
Potamogetonaceae |
pondweed, flatstem | P. zosteriformis Fern. |
POZO
|
Potamogetonaceae |
stargrass, water (grassleaf mudplantain) | Heteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacM. synonymy Zosterella dubia Jacq. |
ZODU
|
Pontederiaceae |
watermilfoil, Eurasian (spike) | Myriophyllum spicatum L. |
MYSP2
|
Haloragaceae |
watermilfoil, northern (shortspike) | M. sibiricum Komarov |
MYSI
|
Haloragaceae |
waternymph, brittle | Najas minor All. |
NAMI
|
Najadaceae |
waternymph, nodding (slender naiad) | N. flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt |
NAFL
|
Najadaceae |
waternymph, southern | N. guadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus |
NAGU
|
Najadaceae |
waterweed, Canadian | Elodea canadensis Michx. |
ELCA7
|
Hydrocharitaceae |
wildcelery (American eelgrass) |
Vallisneria americana Michx. |
VAAM3
|
Hydrocharitaceae |
Rooted floatingleaf |
|
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lotus, American | Nelumbo lutea Willd. |
NELU
|
Nelumbonaceae |
pond-lily, yellow | Nuphar variegata Durandc |
NULU
|
Nymphaeaceae |
primrose-willow, floating | Ludwigia peploides (Kunth) Raven |
LUPE5
|
Onagraceae |
waterlily, white | Nymphaea odorata Ait. synomny N. tuberosa Paine |
NYTU
|
Nymphaeaceae |
aScientific nomenclature and common names follow the USDA's
Internet PLANTS database (http://plants.usda.gov/).
Common names used by Upper Mississippi River managers are also included.
bRanunculus longirostris and R. trichophyllus
were combined (Voss 1985).
cScientific nomenclature follows Gleason and Cronquist (1991).
Nuphar lutea (L.) sm ssp. variegata (Dur.) E. O. Beal in
PLANTS database.
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