Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Nelumbo lutea is a species of flowering plant in the family ... Mature plants range in height from 0.8 to 1.5 m (2.6 to 4.9 ft). ... The native distribution of the ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Nelumbo is the sole extant genus, containing Nelumbo lutea, native to North America, and Nelumbo nucifera, widespread in Asia. [2] At least five other genera, Nelumbites, Exnelumbites, Paleonelumbo, Nelumbago, and Notocyamus [3] [4] are known from fossils. Nelumbonaceae were once included in the waterlily family, Nymphaeaceae.
Nelumbo / n ɪ ˈ l ʌ m b oʊ / [2] is a genus of aquatic plants with large, showy flowers. Members are commonly called lotus , though the name is also applied to various other plants and plant groups , including the unrelated genus Lotus .
The Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge is a 3,100-acre riverine wetland in Putnam County, Illinois.Located just south of the county seat of Hennepin, it occupies the former site of Hennepin Lake and adjacent Hopper Lake.
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Salix, the willows, are native to many areas throughout the world, usually in riparian ecosystems. Salvinia natans, the floating fern, is native in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and introduced elsewhere. Sedges are a large family of grass-like plants with many species that form a characteristic part of wetland vegetation.
The macopins are apparently tubers from a species of water lily, perhaps the American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea). [9] Tubers of Nelumbo lutea have been recovered from similar roasting pits at the Elam [14] and Schwerdt [15] [16] sites on the Kalamazoo River in western Michigan; and tubers of the white water lily (Nymphaea tuberosa) have been ...