Characteristics
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
water cress
Springs, seepage areas, ditches, stream edges, and drainage channels. In unshaded and shaded habitats. Very common and forming dense mats in perennially wet roadside ditches. Also doing particularly well in saturated to inundated mucky soils.
Forb/herb
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Vascular
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Not Native
Naturalized
OBL (NWPL)
OBL (NWPL EMP)
OBL (NWPL NCNE)
SNA (State Rank)
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Classification
Citation
Nasturtium officinale W.T. Aiton
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Species Distribution Map
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