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Vegetation - Stratified Random Sampling 2001

Appendix

Submersed and rooted floating–leaf 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  
 
 
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 Ceratophyllum demersum L.
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 April 14, 2006 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 floating–leaf  
 
 
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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