Species Detail - Canadian Waterweed (Elodea canadensis) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Discrete vascular plant surveys".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).Species image
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Elodea canadensis
Canadian Waterweed
NHMSYS0000458325
RecommendedWell-formed
Anacharis alsinastrum Bab., Anacharis canadensis (Michx.) Planch., Canadian Pondweed , Elodea canadensis Michaux
Invasive Species: Regulation S.I. 477/2011 (Ireland) || Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985
elcan
Michx.
Flowering plant
Species
3
2
2
04/08/1983
25/05/2013
1 January (recorded in 2004)
15 December (recorded in 2021)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Discrete vascular plant surveys, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Canadian Waterweed (Elodea canadensis), accessed 01 September 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/190/Species/41362>