Authors
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Marian C. Munro
Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
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Ruth E. Newell
E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
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Nicholas M. Hill
Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Keywords:
Magnoliophyte, pondweed family, monocots, Potamogeton, pondweed
Abstract
Ditchgrasses are aquatic species, rooting in mud in fresh or brackish
waters. Their perfect flowers are borne on long tenuous and coiled
peduncles from the axils of upper leaves. Arranged in short spikes,
each flower is initially concealed within a spathe. Stamens are two.
Leaves are alternate or opposite, each with a single midrib. One
species is found in Nova Scotia. Photograph by Alex Wilson.
Author Biographies
Marian C. Munro, Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax, NS
Curator of Botany (NSPM)
Ruth E. Newell, E. C. Smith Herbarium, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia
Curator of the E. C. Smith Herbarium (ACAD)
Nicholas M. Hill, Fernhill Institute, Kentville, Nova Scotia; Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
Director; Adjunct Professor
