Nuttall's Waterweed - Elodea nuttallii
Submerged, aquatic, delicate, pale green plant with whorled leaves, usually in threes The leaves are strap-shaped.
Elodea canadensis and Elodea nuttalli are very similar but can be separated by the leaf shape. E. canadensis has more oval leaves whilst E. nuttalli has strap-shaped leaves.
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Lakes, ponds, canals and slow moving water.
Between May and September.
Perennial.
Widespread and frequent in England and Wales.
Locally frequent in Leicestershire and Rutland. In the 1979 Flora survey of Leicestershire it was found in only 1of the 617 tetrads, but has since increased enormously.
David Nicholls
Watermead Country Park
31 August 2017
David Nicholls
Launde Fish Ponds
22 September 2012
David Nicholls
Launde Fish Ponds
22 September 2012
Steve Mathers
Watermead Country Park - North
24 July 2016
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Species profile
- Common names
- Nuttall's Waterweed, Esthwaite Water-Weed, Nuttall's Water-Weed
- Species group:
- Wildflowers
- Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Order:
- Alismatales
- Family:
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 14
- First record:
- 24/08/1996 (Steve Woodward)
- Last record:
- 11/09/2021 (Bell, Melinda)
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Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
13 June 2013
Graham Calow
Stanton Lakes
13 June 2013
