University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium: Vascular Plants (NCU:Vascular Plants)
NCU00289712
81bb54e2-8421-41c2-9fc6-09a0bd6b616c
651419
Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) St. John
Hydrocharitaceae
Witsell, Theo (2015-06-12)
Witsell, Theo
15-0209
2015-06-12
6/12/2015
United States, Arkansas, Benton, N of Lake Bentonville, 0.2 mi. NW of N end of runway at Bentonville Airport. Approx. 200 ft upstream an unnamed tributary of Little Osage Creek (from SW I St.)... Bentonville South 7.5' quadrangle.
36.35423 -94.2215 +-100m.
Ozark Highlands. Springfield Plateau Ecoregion... Open stream channel just downstream from beaver dam (dam has created a large, open marsh in the middle of a degraded seasonally wet prairie [former orchard, hayfield, pasture, etc.]).
Potamogeton pusillus
Nuttall's waterweed... Locally common in patches. Plants submerged, except flowers floating on the surface.
flower
This site retains a number of low prairie elements and is under consideration to be some sort of hybrid conservation/recreation area. Detailed site report prepared by T. Witsell for ANHC [Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission]