Species: Potamogeton gramineus
Grassy Pondweed
Species
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Classification
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Anthophyta
Class
Monocotyledoneae
Order
Najadales
Family
Potamogetonaceae
Genus
Potamogeton
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Classification
Other Global Common Names
variableleaf pondweed
Informal Taxonomy
Plants, Vascular - Flowering Plants - Pondweed Family
Formal Taxonomy
Plantae - Anthophyta - Monocotyledoneae - Najadales - Potamogetonaceae - Potamogeton
Ecology and Life History
Short General Description
A pondweed of variable size and shape, generally much branched with elliptic floating leaves.
Reproduction Comments
N=26, frequently hybridizes.
Ecology Comments
Extremely variable in size and shape fluctuation may be due to differences in depth and velocity of the waters in which it grows.
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5
Global Status Last Reviewed
1984-06-25
Global Status Last Changed
1984-06-25
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
Circumboreal. Que., N.S., Nfld., Lab. AK, AZ, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH. OR, PA, RI, SD, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY.