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waterweeds

Elodea

Elodea is a genus of 6 species of aquatic plants often called the waterweeds described as a genus in 1803. Elodea is native to North and South America and is also widely used as aquarium vegetation. It lives in fresh water.

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8 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Canadian Waterweed

speciesElodea canadensis

Brazilian elodea

speciesElodea densa

Nuttall's Waterweed

speciesElodea nuttallii

Narrow-Leaved Waterweed

speciesElodea najas

Elodea granatensis

speciesElodea granatensis

Elodea potamogeton

speciesElodea potamogeton

South American Waterweed

speciesElodea callitrichoides

two-leaf waterweed

speciesElodea bifoliata

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 57624.