|                    Spatterdock, Yellow Pondlily
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                |                    Nuphar lutea subsp. advena
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                |                    Nymphaeaceae 
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                 Landscape Uses:
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                 Water gardens and along pond and lake edges. | 
               
                Ecological Restoration Notes:  | 
               
              
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                | Availability: | 
               
              
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                 Rarely grown by native plant nurseries. | 
               
              
                | Description: | 
               
              
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                 Floating aquatic wildflower. | 
               
              
                | Height: | 
               
              
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                 N/A; floating aquatic. | 
               
              
                | Growth Rate: | 
               
              
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                 Moderate. | 
               
              
                | Range: | 
               
              
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                 Widespread in much of eastern and central North America west to Texas and south to Miami-Dade and Collier counties. | 
               
              
                | Habitats: | 
               
              
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                 Sloughs, marshes and swamps. | 
               
              
                | Soils: | 
               
              
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                 Wet, poorly-drained organic soils. | 
               
              
                | Nutritional Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 High; requires rich organic soils for optimal growth. | 
               
              
                | Salt Water Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; does not tolerate flooding by salt or brackish water. | 
               
              
                | Salt Wind Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; salt wind may burn the leaves. | 
               
              
                | Drought Tolerance: | 
               
              
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                 Low; requires moist to wet soils and is intolerant of long periods of drought. | 
               
              
                | Light Requirements: | 
               
              
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                 Full sun to light shade. | 
               
              
                | Flower Color: | 
               
              
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                 Yellow. | 
               
              
                | Flower Characteristics: | 
               
              
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                 Showy. | 
               
              
                | Flowering Season: | 
               
              
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                 Spring-summer. | 
               
              
                | Fruit: | 
               
              
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                 Fruit berrylike. | 
               
              
                | Wildlife and Ecology: | 
               
              
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                 Provides food and cover for wildlife. | 
               
                     
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