Araújo, Diogo;Alves, Marccus
Elodea canadensis
Sign in to saveAlso known as Canadian waterweed, American waterweed, Canadian pondweed, American pondweed
species of plant
Species
Least ConcernCanadian waterweed
PHYLUM
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderAlismatales
- FamilyHydrocharitaceae
Habitatfreshwater
Native toAlabama, Arkansas, British Columbia, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa
Observations recorded580,578,322
via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 6,481
- With media
- 4,554
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Collections
- UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS
- Recorded in
- United States, Canada, Finland
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Encyclopedic overview
Elodea canadensis (American waterweed or Canadian waterweed or pondweed) is a perennial aquatic plant, or submergent macrophyte, native to most of North America. It has been introduced widely to regions outside its native range.
Distribution
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Elodea canadensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.