Chara canescens is a species of stonewort belonging to the family Characeae.
Its native range is Europe and Northern America. It is described as a brackish water species,Werner Krause, Hanuš Ettl, Georg Gärtner, H. Heynig, D. Mollenhauer: Süsswasserflora von Mitteleuropa. Band 18: Charales (Charophyceae). – Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1997. ISBN 3-437-25056-6 but can also be found in a few inland lakes.Korte et al. 2010 https://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/opus4/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/25367/file/Korte_et_al_2010_Chara.pdfArbeitsgruppe Characeen Deutschlands (2015) Armleuchteralgen: Die Characeen Deutschlands. Springer Spektrum, ISBN 978-3-662-477-97-7
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