§1 Plant
Najas marina L.
vernacular spiny naiad — species · Najadaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Annual
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Najadaceae Juss.
- Genus
- Najas
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- HI Hawaii Introduced
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- PR Puerto Rico Native
§2b
County-level range
· 64 counties across 15 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 64 counties across 15 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 5 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/NAMA ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5329324 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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