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Arrowhead

Sagittaria sagittifolia

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 3,419, February 2,525, March 3,956, April 6,224, May 8,974, June 9,785, July 10,471, August 9,005, September 6,611, October 4,935, November 2,697, December 2,108.
United States70,725
Alaska70,709
Russia3,818
Moscow Oblast405
Ukraine400
United Kingdom387
England345
Moscow331
Nizhny Novgorod Oblast254
Poland240

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and allies · Alismatales
FamilyWater-Plantain family · Alismataceae
GenusArrowheads · Sagittaria

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