Plants Profile for Limnobium spongia (American spongeplant)

General Information
Symbol:	LISP2
Group:	Monocot
Family:	Hydrocharitaceae
Duration:	Perennial
Growth Habit:	Forb/herb
Native Status:	L48 N
Characteristics
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	Native		Introduced		Both		Absent/Unreported
	Native, No County Data		Introduced, No County Data		Both, No County Data

Native Status:

L48

NAV

CAN

SPM

Images

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©Richard A. Howard. Provided by Smithsonian Institution, Richard A. Howard Photograph Collection. United States, FL, Talahassee. Usage Requirements.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 107. Provided by Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

Synonyms

Symbol	Scientific Name
HYCO12	Hydrocharis cordifolia Nutt.
HYSP6	Hydrocharis spongia Bosc

Classification

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Rank	Scientific Name and Common Name
Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Hydrocharitales
Family	Hydrocharitaceae – Tape-grass family
Genus	Limnobium Rich. – spongeplant
Species	Limnobium spongia (Bosc) Rich. ex Steud. – American spongeplant

Subordinate Taxa

This plant has no children

Legal Status

Threatened and Endangered Information:
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.
Kentucky American frog's-bit Threatened
Maryland American frog's-bit Endangered

Noxious Weed Information
This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete noxious weed list for that location, or click here for a composite list of all Federal and State Noxious Weeds.
California spongeplant Q list (temporary "A" list noxious weed, pending final determination )

U.S. Weed Information
Limnobium spongia spongeplant This plant can be weedy or invasive according to the authoritative sources noted below.This plant may be known by one or more common names in different places, and some are listed above. Click on an acronym to view each weed list, or click here for a composite list of Weeds of the U.S.
STATE	Assorted authors. State noxious weed lists for 46 states. State agriculture or natural resource departments.

Wetland Status

Interpreting Wetland Status

North America
Arid West	OBL
Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain	OBL
Eastern Mountains and Piedmont	OBL
Great Plains	OBL
Midwest	OBL
Northcentral & Northeast	OBL
Western Mountains, Valleys, and Coast	OBL