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Photographer: Paul Skawinski
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Family Najadaceae
Najas gracillima (A.Braun ex Engelm.) Magnus
slender water-nymph
Najas: from Greek Naias, a water nymph
gracillima: slenderest
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | submerged annual, monoecious aquatic; stems very long, many branches, 0.2-0.7mm thick, few branches; slight rootstock |
| Flower: | tiny, from leaf axis |
| Fruit: | light brown, paper-thin walls, 20-45 rows of stretched pits |
| Leaf: | light green, very narrow, sharp toothed edges, 13-17 per side, opposite, clasping stem, wide-jagged lobe at base |
| Habitat: | wet; clear 3' or more deep water soft water |
| Notes: | sensitive to pollution |
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