OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 2 taxa in the family Cabombaceae, Water-shield family, as understood by Weakley's Flora.

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camera icon Common Name: Fanwort, Carolina Fanwort

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY: Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Cabomba caroliniana   FAMILY: Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Cabomba caroliniana 075-01-001   FAMILY: Cabombaceae

 

Habitat: Millponds, lakes, slow-moving streams

Uncommon in Coastal Plain, rare in Piedmont

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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camera icon Common Name: Water-shield, Purple Wen-dock

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY: Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Brasenia schreberi   FAMILY: Cabombaceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH Vascular Flora of the Carolinas (Radford, Ahles, & Bell, 1968): Brasenia schreberi 075-02-001   FAMILY: Cabombaceae

 

Habitat: Lakes, ponds, sluggish streams, floodplain oxbow ponds, beaver ponds

Common in Coastal Plain, uncommon in SC Piedmont (rare elsewhere in GA-NC-SC)

Native to the Carolinas & Georgia

 


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