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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Charophyte Algae
  4. Conjugating Green Algae
  5. Desmid

order

Desmid

Zygnematales

Includes
3 native 305 present
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Children

  • Closteriaceae 2 native
  • Desmidiaceae 1 native
  • Zygnemataceae
  • Peniaceae
  • Gonatozygaceae
  • Saccoderm Desmids

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Top native desmid All

Native to the US, ranked by caterpillars, then bees and other hosts, food, flowers and shelter.

  • Closterium acerosum food 4
  • Closterium lunula
  • Xanthidium scrobiculatum
  • Cosmarium obtusatum

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