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Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow
slender watermilfoil

       
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Line Drawing of Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 2: 615. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow

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Distribution:
Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow

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Distribution Map Legend

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USA (CT, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NC, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WI), CAN (NB, NF, NS, ON, QC), FRA (SPM)
 

Related Taxa:
Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow

View 4 genera in Haloragaceae, 14 species in Myriophyllum
 

Classification:
Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Rosidae
Order Haloragales
Family Haloragaceae – Water Milfoil family
Genus Myriophyllum L. – watermilfoil
Species Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow – slender watermilfoil
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow

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.

Connecticut:
leafless water-milfoil              Special Concern
Maryland:
slender water-milfoil              Endangered, Extirpated
New Jersey:
slender water-milfoil              Endangered
Pennsylvania:
slender water-milfoil              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow

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 NO OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503907.

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

 
 
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