Relationships of
Vertebrate Animals
to this Plant:
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Spirodela polyrhiza (Greater Duckweed) [Lemnaceae]
(observations are from Lagler and Havera)
Birds
Anatidae: Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard) [feeds on this plant in Illinois] Hv1999
Turtles
Chelydridae: Chelydra serpentina (Snapping Turtle) [feeds on this plant] Lg1943; Emydidae: Chrysemys picta (Painted Turtle) [feeds on this plant] Lg1943, Emydoidea blandingii (Blanding's Turtle) [feeds on this plant] Lg1943; Kinosternidae: Sternotherus odoratus (Stinkpot) [feeds on this plant] Lg1943