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Water-soldier

Stratiotes aloides

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 2,018, February 1,491, March 2,336, April 3,675, May 5,298, June 5,777, July 6,182, August 5,317, September 3,903, October 2,914, November 1,592, December 1,244.
United States41,783
Alaska41,748
Russia1,440
Germany264
Ukraine220
Poland157
United Kingdom139
England130
Netherlands118
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast112

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Traits

Group and habits

  • Restoration or landscaping useListed as being used for restoration, landscaping, ornamental planting, erosion control, soil improvement, shade, windbreaks, pollution indicators, or wastewater purification.Kew World Checklist of Useful Plant Species
  • Forb or herb growth formListed by a harvested source as having a forb or herbaceous growth form.USDA PLANTS Characteristics

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and allies · Alismatales
Familytape-grass family · Hydrocharitaceae
GenusStratiotes

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