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§1 Plant
Lemna trisulca L.
vernacular star duckweed — species · Lemnaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Lemnaceae Martinov
- Genus
- Lemna
§2a
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 482 counties across 34 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 145 min.
- pH range
- 5.7–7
- Root depth
- 0 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Stoloniferous
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 0.3 ft
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Green
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- None
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- None
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Graze palatability
- Medium
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 482 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
California view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Boone 17007
- Carroll 17015
- Cook 17031
- DeKalb 17037
- DuPage 17043
- Fulton 17057
- Greene 17061
- Grundy 17063
- Henderson 17071
- Jackson 17077
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Kane 17089
- Kendall 17093
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- Lee 17103
- Marshall 17123
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- Peoria 17143
- Rock Island 17161
- Tazewell 17179
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Allegan 26005
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Berrien 26021
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Hillsdale 26059
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Isabella 26073
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Livingston 26093
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Muskegon 26121
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Oscoda 26135
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Shiawassee 26155
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 63 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Beltrami 27007
- Benton 27009
- Big Stone 27011
- Blue Earth 27013
- Brown 27015
- Carver 27019
- Cass 27021
- Chippewa 27023
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Freeborn 27047
- Goodhue 27049
- Hennepin 27053
- Houston 27055
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Lac qui Parle 27073
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Lincoln 27081
- Lyon 27083
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- McLeod 27085
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Morrison 27097
- Mower 27099
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Nobles 27105
- Norman 27107
- Otter Tail 27111
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Pope 27121
- Red Lake 27125
- Redwood 27127
- Renville 27129
- Rock 27133
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Stevens 27149
- Todd 27153
- Traverse 27155
- Wabasha 27157
- Waseca 27161
- Washington 27163
- Wilkin 27167
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
- Yellow Medicine 27173
Missouri view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 8 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chemung 36015
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Jefferson 36045
- Kings 36047
- Monroe 36055
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Richmond 36085
- Schoharie 36095
- Schuyler 36097
- Seneca 36099
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Suffolk 36103
- Ulster 36111
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
North Dakota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Bottineau 38009
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Dickey 38021
- Divide 38023
- Eddy 38027
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Grand Forks 38035
- Griggs 38039
- Kidder 38043
- Logan 38047
- McLean 38055
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Renville 38075
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 18 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 47 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Dodge 55027
- Door 55029
- Douglas 55031
- Fond du Lac 55039
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green 55045
- Iowa 55049
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Oconto 55083
- Pepin 55091
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Washington 55131
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/LETR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2867579 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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