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Originally Posted by apm man i wish theres stuff like this up here in the north.. (canada) unfortunatly only stuff ive found was hornwort and hockey =p |
OH man

I live in Alberta and I find a relative abundance of species!
You have not been looking hard enough! I have found the following in the city limits of my town:
-Potamogeton alpinus
-Potamogeton zosteriformis
-Potamogeton perfoliatus
-Potamogeton natans
-Potemogeton foliosis
-Stuckenia pectinata (sago pondweed)
-Ceratophyllum demersum (hornwort)
-Chara sp.
-Callitriche heterophylla
-Callitriche verna
-Myriophyllum verticallatum
-Myriophyllum sibicurim
-Hippurus vulgaris
-Lemna trisulca,
-Lemna minor
-Lemna gibba
-Woffia sp. (watermeal)
-Utricularia vulgaris
-Eleocharis acicularis (dwarf hairgrass)
-Elatine triandra
-Ranunculus aquatilis
-Limosella aquatica
-Polygonium amphibium (floating leaved only)
-Fontinalis antipyretica (willow moss) and "string moss"
-Elodea canadensis
-Riccia
-Some sort of water lily
-Some kind of aquatic liverwort
Outside of town/outside Alberta, I have found:
-Elodea nuttalli
-Elodea "bifoliata"
-Potamogeton richardsonii (and others)
-Najas flexilis
-Other Chara sp.
-Myriophyllum spicatum (eurasian watermilfoil)