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Vegetation - Stratified Random Sampling 2002

Appendix

Submersed and rooted floating–leaf species found during 2002 stratified random sampling in Pools 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, and 26 of the Upper Mississippi River and Alton and La Grange Pools 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, curly (curlyleaf)	P. crispus L.	POCR3	Potamogetonaceae
pondweed, flatstem	P. zosteriformis Fern.	POZO	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, Richardson's	P. richardsonii (Benn.) Rydb.	PORI2	Potamogetonaceae
pondweed, sago	P. pectinatus L. synonymy Stuckenia pectinatus (L.) Boerner	POPE6	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
primrose-willow, wingleaf	L. decurrens	LUDE4	Onagraceae
waterlily, white	Nymphaea odorata Ait. synomny N. tuberosa Paine		April 14, 2006		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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