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Hydrocotyle americana
Also called American Marsh Pennywort, American Water Pennywort, Marsh Pennywort
Hydrocotyle americana is a small plant native to the Northeastern United States. It is commonly referred to as American marshpennywort or navelwort and American water-pennywort. H. americana grows from Ontario to Newfoundland south through the Appalachian Mountains to South Carolina. H. americana has been introduced to South Africa as well as New Zealand.
American marshpennywort typically grows in moist areas such as bogs, seeps, boggy fields, wet woods, and lake margins. It is widespread in the northern part of its range, becoming less common further south and limited to more specific habitats. For example, in South Carolina, at the southern end of H. americana's range, it is found only on "Spray Cliff" communities where mist and water from a nearby waterfall keeps the plants hydrated.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Hydrocotyle americana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
