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Algae
Chlorophyta
Vaucheria spp.

Class Chlorophyceae - Order Siphonales- Family Vaucheriaceae

Profile: compactly woven, irregularly branched filaments forming a felt-like expansion. Attached or floating.

Floating mats in quiet water - V. geminata, V. geminata depressa, V. hamata, V. terrestris

Various - V. orthocarpa, V. pachyderma, V. polysperma, V. sessilis f. clavata, V. longipes (quiet water), V. nicholsii (shoreline), V. aversa (Spring seeps and shaded banks), V. sessilis (submerged rocks and sandy bottoms of springs)

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