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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).

Nitella spp.

Nitella sp.

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