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Algae
Division Chlorophyta
Nitella spp.

Class Charophyceae - Order Charales - Family Characeae - Tribe Nitelleae

Profile: branches of unlimited growth, 2 per node

N. batrachosperma (height to 2cm, silt bottoms), N. flexilis (height to 30cm, soft water), N. opaca (at depths to 8m), N. tenuissima (shallow water on silty bottoms).

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