Taxon: Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.

A declared aquatic or terrestrial noxious weed and/or noxious-weed seed in these U.S. states (see state noxious weed lists), with links to state information or web documents:

CAª*, PRª.

ªAquatic.

*Terrestrial.

°In seed.

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Common names:

• American spongeplant   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  
• frog's-bit   (Source: Atlas Florida ) – English
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Northeastern U.S.A.: United States - New York [w.]
  North-Central U.S.A.: United States - Illinois [s.], Missouri [s.e.], Oklahoma [s.e.]
  Southeastern U.S.A.: United States - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky [w.], Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina [e.], South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia
  South-Central U.S.A.: United States - Texas

References:

• Crow, G. E. & C. B. Hellquist. 2000. Aquatic and wetland plants of northeastern North America, 2 vol.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1979–1981. Aquatic and wetland plants of southeastern United States, 2 vol.
• Lowden, R. M. 1992. Floral variation and taxonomy of Limnobium L. C. Richard (Hydrocharitaceae). Rhodora 94:126.
• Wunderlin, R. & B. Hansen. Atlas of Florida vascular plants (on-line resource).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Limnobium spongia.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Limnobium spongia.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Limnobium spongia.

Synonyms:

• (≡) Hydrocharis spongia Bosc (basionym)
  

Check other web resources for Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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