Index / Search / Elodea canadensis
§1 Plant
Elodea canadensis Michx.
vernacular Canadian waterweed — species · Hydrocharitaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Elodea
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Introduced
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Introduced
§2b
County-level range
· 607 counties across 36 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- High
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 160 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 4.8–7.8
- Root depth
- 0 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Multiple Stem
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Long
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Gray-Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Yellow
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 607 counties across 36 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Cass 17017
- Champaign 17019
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kankakee 17091
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Ogle 17141
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pulaski 17153
- Shelby 17173
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
- Woodford 17203
Indiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Clay 18021
- Crawford 18025
- Elkhart 18039
- Fulton 18049
- Gibson 18051
- Hancock 18059
- Hendricks 18063
- Howard 18067
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Knox 18083
- Kosciusko 18085
- Lagrange 18087
- LaPorte 18091
- Lawrence 18093
- Marion 18097
- Marshall 18099
- Montgomery 18107
- Noble 18113
- Posey 18129
- Putnam 18133
- Shelby 18145
- Spencer 18147
- Starke 18149
- Steuben 18151
- Tippecanoe 18157
- Wabash 18169
- Wells 18179
- White 18181
- Whitley 18183
Kansas view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 58 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Allegan 26005
- Antrim 26009
- Arenac 26011
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Benzie 26019
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Crawford 26039
- Delta 26041
- Dickinson 26043
- Emmet 26047
- Grand Traverse 26055
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Isabella 26073
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Oceana 26127
- Ogemaw 26129
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Carlton 27017
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Fillmore 27045
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Hubbard 27057
- Itasca 27061
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pennington 27113
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Red Lake 27125
- Rock 27133
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Wabasha 27157
- Wadena 27159
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Missouri view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Atchison 29005
- Barry 29009
- Barton 29011
- Bates 29013
- Boone 29019
- Buchanan 29021
- Cape Girardeau 29031
- Carroll 29033
- Carter 29035
- Chariton 29041
- Christian 29043
- Clay 29047
- Daviess 29061
- Dent 29065
- Gentry 29075
- Grundy 29079
- Harrison 29081
- Henry 29083
- Holt 29087
- Howell 29091
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Jefferson 29099
- Knox 29103
- Laclede 29105
- Lafayette 29107
- Lawrence 29109
- Lewis 29111
- Livingston 29117
- Madison 29123
- Marion 29127
- McDonald 29119
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Pettis 29159
- Phelps 29161
- Pike 29163
- Pulaski 29169
- Ralls 29173
- Randolph 29175
- Ray 29177
- Reynolds 29179
- Ripley 29181
- Saline 29195
- Schuyler 29197
- Shannon 29203
- St. Charles 29183
- St. Louis 29189
- Sullivan 29211
- Taney 29213
- Texas 29215
- Warren 29219
- Washington 29221
- Wayne 29223
Montana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Genesee 36037
- Jefferson 36045
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 7 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Adams 42001
- Allegheny 42003
- Armstrong 42005
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lebanon 42075
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Arlington 51013
- Augusta 51015
- Bland 51021
- Buckingham 51029
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Goochland 51075
- Grayson 51077
- Hampton (city) 51650
- Highland 51091
- James City 51095
- King and Queen 51097
- King George 51099
- Loudoun 51107
- Montgomery 51121
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rappahannock 51157
- Rockbridge 51163
- Rockingham 51165
- Russell 51167
- Scott 51169
- Shenandoah 51171
- Smyth 51173
- Stafford 51179
- Tazewell 51185
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
West Virginia view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 57 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Florence 55037
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Lincoln 55069
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Pierce 55093
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ELCA7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2865448 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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