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Potamogeton foliosus Raf.<br />

? Leafy pondweed S5 CP<br />

[The identity <strong>of</strong> specimens <strong>of</strong> P. foliosus and P. pusillus L. from<br />

Cootes Paradise need verification.]<br />

Potamogeton friesii Rupr.<br />

H Fries’ pondweed S4 CP<br />

[A single specimen from 1949, possibly a hybrid with P. zosteriformis]<br />

Potamogeton natans L.<br />

Common floating pondweed S5 CP<br />

A single specimen. Seen but not collected in 1998.<br />

Potamogeton nodosus Poir.<br />

Knotty pondweed S5 CP HV<br />

Potamogeton pectinatus L.<br />

Sago pondweed S5 CP HV<br />

Potamogeton perfoliatus L.<br />

Clasping-leaved pondweed S4 CP<br />

Potamogeton pusillus L.<br />

? Small pondweed S4S5 CP<br />

[The identity <strong>of</strong> specimens <strong>of</strong> P. foliosus and P. pusillus L. from<br />

Cootes Paradise need verification.]<br />

Potamogeton zosteriformis Fern.<br />

Flat-stemmed pondweed S5 CP HV<br />

Water-nymph or naiad family<br />

Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rost. & W. Schmidt<br />

Najadaceae<br />

X Slender najas S5 CP<br />

Najas minor All.<br />

+N Smaller najas SE2 CP<br />

First discovered in 1999.<br />

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Horned Pondweed family<br />

Zannichellia palustris L.<br />

Zannichelliaceae<br />

Horned pondweed S4 CP HV<br />

Flowering rush family<br />

Butomus umbellatus L.<br />

Butomaceae<br />

+N Flowering-rush SE5 CP HV<br />

Plantings in Cootes Paradise in <strong>the</strong> 1950s did not establish.<br />

Collected in Carroll’s Bay in 2000. See also Gaiser, 1949.<br />

Arum family<br />

Acorus americanus (Raf.) Raf.<br />

Araceae<br />

Sweetflag S4 CP HV<br />

[A. calamus L. Plants in RBG sanctuary produce viable seed, and on<br />

this basis are distinguished from true A. calamus, a sterile triploid]<br />

Arisaema triphyllum (L.) Schott ssp. triphyllum<br />

Jack-in-<strong>the</strong>-pulpit S5 CP HV RC BT<br />

Calla palustris L.<br />

Wild calla S5 CP HV<br />

Peltandra virginica (L.) Schott & Endl. ssp. virginica<br />

? Tuckahoe S5 CP<br />

A single plant growing beside a boardwalk on <strong>the</strong> north shore <strong>of</strong><br />

Cootes Paradise. It may persist from Lamoureaux’s (1963) plantings.<br />

Symplocarpus foetidus (L.) Salisb. ex Nutt.<br />

Skunk-cabbage S5 CP HV<br />

Duckweed family<br />

Lemna minor L.<br />

Lemnaceae<br />

Lesser duckweed S5 CP HV<br />

Lemna trisulca L.<br />

Star duckweed S5 CP HV<br />

Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid.<br />

Greater duckweed S5 CP HV<br />

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