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Najas guadalupensis (Florida waternymph; southern waternymph; Muenscher's waternymph; Guadalupe waternymph)

Synonyms: Caulinia guadalupensis (homotypic); Najas flexilis var. guadalupensis; Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis; Najas microdon; Najas microdon var. guadalupensis (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Najas guadalupensis (najas grass or guppy grass) is a species of aquatic plant known by the common names southern waternymph and common water nymph. It is native to the Americas, where it is widespread. It is considered native to Central Canada from Alberta to Quebec, plus most of the contiguous United States, Mexico, Central America, the West Indies and South America. It is naturalized in Japan, Israel and Palestine.
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Infraspecies

Najas guadalupensis floridana (Florida waternymph) (Attributes)
Najas guadalupensis guadalupensis (Attributes)
Najas guadalupensis muenscheri (Muenscher's waternymph) (Attributes)
Najas guadalupensis olivacea (Guadalupe waternymph) (Attributes)

Attributes

Bloom Period [1]  Summer
Drought Tolerance [1]  None
Fire Tolerance [1]  None
Frost Free Days [1]  4 months 10 days
Fruit/Seed Abundance [1]  Medium
Fruit/Seed Begin [1]  Summer
Fruit/Seed End [1]  Fall
Growth Form [1]  Single Crown
Growth Period [1]  Summer
Growth Rate [1]  Moderate
Leaf Type [1]  Deciduous
Lifespan [1]  Annual
Propagation [1]  Sprig
Root Depth [1]  1.968 inches (5 cm)
Shape/Orientation [1]  Prostrate
Structure [2]  Herb
Vegetative Spread Rate [1]  Rapid
Flower Color [1]  Green
Foliage Color [1]  Gray-Green
Fruit Color [1]  Brown
Height [1]  12 inches (0.3 m)
Hardiness Zone Minimum [1]  USDA Zone: 3 Low Temperature: -40 F° (-40 C°) → -30 F° (-34.4 C°)
Light Preference [1]  Full Sun
Soil Acidity [1]  Neutral
Soil Fertility [1]  Intermediate
Water Use [1]  High

Protected Areas

Predators

Anas acuta (Northern Pintail)[3]
Anas clypeata (Northern Shoveler)[3]
Pseudemys concinna concinna (Eastern river cooter)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 4Dietary Overlap in Three Sympatric Congeneric Freshwater Turtles (Pseudemys) in Florida, Karen A. Bjorndal, Alan B. Bolten, Cynthia J. Lagueux and Dale R. Jackson, Chelonian Conservation Biology, 1997, 2(3):430-433
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0