Common Stonewort - Chara vulgaris
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Species Description
Widespread and fairly frequent throughout the UK. Habitat includes: Places with still to slow moving fresh water such as ponds, ditches, dykes, Rhynes etc.
Chara, Stonewort
species aggregate:
- Chara globularis Thuill. sensu lato
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Chara hispida sensu lato
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Chara aculeolata
- Chara aspera
- Chara baltica
- Chara braunii
- Chara canescens
- Chara connivens
- Chara contraria
- Chara curta
- Chara denudata
- Chara fragifera
- Chara globularis Thuill. sensu stricto
- Chara hispida L. sensu stricto
- Chara intermedia
- Chara muscosa
- Chara rudis
- Chara socotrensis
- Chara tomentosa
- Chara virgata
- Chara vulgaris
- Chara vulgaris
Lamprothamnium
- Lamprothamnium papulosum
Nitella
species aggregate:
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Nitella flexilis (L.) C.Agardh sensu lato
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Nitella capillaris
- Nitella confervacea
- Nitella flexilis
- Nitella gracilis
- Nitella hyalina
- Nitella mucronata
- Nitella opaca
- Nitella spanioclema
- Nitella syncarpa
- Nitella tenuissima
- Nitella translucens
Nitellopsis
- Nitellopsis obtusa
Tolypella
- Tolypella glomerata
- Tolypella intricata
- Tolypella nidifica
- Tolypella prolifera
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Subspecies
| name | latinname | species | sightings | media | image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Common Stonewort | Chara vulgaris var. vulgaris | 1 | 2 | 15 |  |
| Common Stonewort | Chara vulgaris var. longibracteata | 1 | 1 | 3 |  |