Najas flexilis
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| Slender Naiad | ||||||||||||||
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| Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostk. & Schmidt |
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Caulinia flexilis Willd. |
Najas flexilis, Slender Naiad, is an aquatic annual plant native to parts of North America and Europe.
[edit] Habitat and distribution
The slender naiad inhabits shallow bodies of brackish and fresh water such as lakes and bays. In North America, it is found along the Pacific coast, in the north and northeast portions of the continent, and in disjunct populations in Missouri and Utah.[1] It is also native to northern Europe, where its range includes Scotland[2], Poland[3] and Sweden.[4] It is rare in the European portion of its range and is strictly protected by Appendix I of the Berne Convention.
[edit] References
- ^ United States Department of Agriculture (1971), Common Weeds of the United States, New York: Dover Publications, ISBN 0-486-20504-5
- ^ Reed, Denise, Wildlife of the Lunan Lochs, <http://www.snh.org.uk/scottish/taysclack/lunan_lochs/wildlifeofthelun.html>. Retrieved on 10 May 2007
- ^ Thiry, Emmanuel (coordination) & van de Weyer, Klaus (17 Feb 2005), Re-Establishment Plan for the Natura 2000 Species Najas flexilis in Poland, <http://www.lanaplan.de/download/Najas%20flexilis.pdf>. Retrieved on 10 May 2007
- ^ Jacobsson, Anders, Sjönajas återfunnen i Södra Kärrlången. [Najas flexilis rediscovered in Södermanland, southeast Sweden.], <http://sbf.c.se/www/pdf/99(6)/Jacobson.pdf>. Retrieved on 16 April 2008
