Saururus cernuus L.

Locations ofSaururus cernuus L. in Virginia

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Family
Saururaceae
Botanical Name
Saururus cernuus L.
Common Name
Lizard's-tail, Water-dragon
Synonym(s)
Flora of Virginia Name/Status
Saururus cernuus L.
Comments
Habitat
Alluvial swamps, floodplain sloughs and pools, tidal swamps, maritime swamps, mucky hollows of seepage swamps, wet flatwoods, freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes, semipermanently inundated rocky bars and shores, old beaver ponds, and other impoundments; most characteristic of shaded, shallowly seasonally flooded soils. Common in the Coastal Plain; frequent in the Piedmont; rare in the mountains except in the Shenandoah River drainage in nw. Virginia; often forms large colonies.
Native Status
Native

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