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Wolffia columbiana Karst.
Columbian watermeal

       
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Line Drawing of Wolffia columbiana Karst.
Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 449. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.
 
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Wolffia columbiana Karst.

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Synonyms:
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

  BRCO10 Bruniera columbiana (Karst.) Nieuwl.
 

Distribution:
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

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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, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, SC, SD, TN, TX, VA, VT, WI, WV), CAN (AB, BC, MB, NB, ON, QC, SK)
 

Related Taxa:
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

View 5 genera in Lemnaceae, 5 species in Wolffia
 

Classification:
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass Arecidae
Order Arales
Family Lemnaceae – Duckweed family
Genus Wolffia Horkel ex Schleid. – watermeal
Species Wolffia columbiana Karst. – Columbian watermeal
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

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.

Maine:
Columbia water-meal              Threatened
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

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 OBL OBL OBL NO NO OBL OBL NO NO OBL
Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status
 

More Accounts and Images:
Wolffia columbiana Karst.

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 42602.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

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

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

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

 
 
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