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Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray
Carolina fanwort

       
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Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

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Distribution:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

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USA (AL, AR, CA, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MA, MD, MI, MO, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, WA), CAN (ON)
 

Related Taxa:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

View 2 genera in Cabombaceae, 3 species in Cabomba or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.
Distribution of Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray var. caroliniana. .
Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana
Carolina fanwort
Distribution of Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray var. pulcherrima Harper. .
Cabomba caroliniana var. pulcherrima
Carolina fanwort
Plant is native (blue) Native   Plant is introduced Introduced
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Classification:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

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Kingdom Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass Magnoliidae
Order Nymphaeales
Family Cabombaceae – Water-shield family
Genus Cabomba Aubl. – fanwort
Species Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray – Carolina fanwort
 

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Indiana:
Carolina fanwort              Extirpated
Kentucky:
Carolina fanwort              Threatened
 

Noxious Weed Information:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.

California:
Carolina fanwort              Q list (temporary "A" list noxious weed, pending final determination )
Connecticut:
fanwort              Invasive, banned
Maine:
fanwort              Invasive aquatic plant
Massachusetts:
Carolina fanwort, fanwort              Prohibited
Vermont:
fanwort              Class A noxious weed
Washington:
fanwort              Class B noxious weed
fanwort              Wetland and aquatic weed quarantine
 

U.S. Weed Information:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

fanwort

This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below. This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.

STATE        Assorted authors. 200_. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.
 

Wetland Indicator Status:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

Nat. Ind. Reg. 1 Reg. 2 Reg. 3 Reg. 4 Reg. 5 Reg. 6 Reg. 7 Reg. 8 Reg. 9 Reg. 0 Reg. A Reg. C Reg. H
OBL OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO
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More Accounts and Images:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 18408.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Kemper Center for Home Gardening.

View photographs and distribution from University of Tennessee Herbarium.

 

Related Web Sites:
Cabomba caroliniana A. Gray

Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plant Info. System: abstract & image

CT-Invasive Plant Species Identification Sheets (USDA NRCS)

Photograph of species growing in an aquarium

Serious aquatic weeds of Western Australia: large photographs

TX-Submerged Plants (TAES)

Tropica: water color drawing & abstract

WA-NonNative Freshwater Plants

Western Aquatic Plant Management Society

 
 
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