| Specimen ID | 1655553 |
| Group | Plants |
| Genus | Najas |
| Species | marina |
| Common Name | holly-leaf waternymph |
| Country | Mexico |
| State | Sonora |
| Locality | Ciénega de Santa Clara, N end of ciénega, ca 1 Km D of hunters' camp |
| Mapping Accuracy | Accurate |
| HUC8 Name | Yuma Desert |
| HUC8 Number | 15030108 |
| HUC10 Name | Yuma Valley |
| HUC10 Number | 1503010803 |
| HUC12 Number | 150301080302 |
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| Collection Day | 14 |
| Collection Month | 3 |
| Collection Year | 1993 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | hitch hiker |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 30522 |
| Author: | Yatskievych, G. (curator). |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Title: | University of Texas at Austin Herbarium (TEX) |
| Publisher: | University of Texas at Austin |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 28331 |
| Author: | SEINet Portal Network. |
| Date: | 2021 |
| Title: | Southwest Environmental Information Network |
| Publisher: | Symbiota Software Project, Arizona State University |
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| Reference 3 |
| Ref. Number: | 35347 |
| Author: | Felger, R.S., B. Broyles, M. Wilson, and G.P. Nabhan |
| Date: | 1997 |
| Title: | The Binational Sonoran Desert Biosphere Network and Its Plant Life |
| Journal: | Journal of the Southwest |
| Volume: | 39 |
| Issue: | 3-4 |
| Pages: | 411-560 |
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| Reference 4 |
| Ref. Number: | 35348 |
| Author: | Felger, R.S. |
| Date: | 2000 |
| Title: | Flora of the Gran Desierto and Río Colorado of northwestern Mexico |
| Publisher: | The University of Arizona Press |
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| Comments | https://swbiodiversity.org/seinet/collections/individual/index.php?occid=27302776
"In the 1990s it was abundant in shallow, moderately brackish, open water at the north end of the Ciénega de Santa Clara." (Felger 2000) |
| Record Type | Specimen |
| Earliest Record | state |
| Disposal | Herbarium |
| Museum Cat Number | TEX00142277 |
| Verifier | Richard S. Felger |
| Freshwater/Marine | Freshwater |
| Specimen Impact | "The plants were rooted in soft mud and formed locally dense, tangled masses just above the substrate during winter; in the summer they grew up to the water surface and became so dense that they fouled outboard motor propellers." (Felger 2000) |
