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Canadian Waterweed, Elodea canadensis

Canadian Waterweed
Elodea canadensis
Tím uisce
Family: Hydrocharitaceae

Flowering July-August. Submerged aquatic perennial. Introduced.

Inconspicuous pinkish flowers, only female produced, all reproduction is vegetative. Transluscent dark-green leaves, usually in whorls of 3. Stems to 3m.

Still or slow-moving water to 3m+. Widespread, first Irish record 1836. Replaced in some locations by Nuttall's Waterweed. Identified by Paul Green.
An invasive plant in Ireland: Target 10 - Managing Invasive Alien species


Canadian Waterweed, Elodea canadensis       Canadian Waterweed, Elodea canadensis



Canadian Waterweed. The Gearagh, County Cork. August 2008

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