OF THE CAROLINAS & GEORGIA

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Most habitat and range descriptions were obtained from Weakley's Flora.

Your search found 1 taxon in the family Trapaceae, Water Chestnut family, as understood by PLANTS National Database.

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Common Name: European Water-chestnut, Water-caltrop, Four-spined Water-chestnut

Weakley's Flora: (4/24/22) Trapa natans   FAMILY: Lythraceae

SYNONYMOUS WITH PLANTS National Database: Trapa natans   FAMILY: Trapaceae

 

Habitat: Farm ponds and other stagnant or slow-moving water

Non-native: Eurasia & Africa

 


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"If a family is especially large, or if its members sufficiently distinct from one another, then there may also be subfamilies and tribes within the family. For example, alfalfa belongs to the Clover Tribe of the Pea Subfamily within the Pea Family." — Thomas J. Elpel