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Species profile—Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana (cabomba)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Cabombaceae → Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana (cabomba)

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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Cabombaceae
Scientific name
Cabomba caroliniana var. caroliniana A.Gray
Common name
cabomba
WildNet taxon ID
14020
Alternate name(s)
fanwort
common cabomba
Carolina fanwort
fish grass
watershield
Washington grass
Carolina watershield
Biosecurity Act 2014 (BIO) status
Restricted Matter
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Wetland status
Wetland Indicator Species
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=14020

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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