Index / Search / Myriophyllum tenellum
§1 Plant
Myriophyllum tenellum Bigelow
vernacular slender watermilfoil — species · Haloragaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Dicot
- Family
- Haloragaceae R. Br.
- Genus
- Myriophyllum
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
County-level range
· 123 counties across 14 states/territories§3Cultivation
No cultivation specs.
USDA has not characterised this taxon. Roughly four out of five plants in the database lack the detailed cultivation record present here — typically because they have not been the focus of NRCS Plant Materials work. Range and distribution data are unaffected.
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 123 counties across 14 states/territories.
Maine view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Delta 26041
- Gogebic 26053
- Houghton 26061
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lake 26085
- Luce 26095
- Marquette 26103
- Mecosta 26107
- Montcalm 26117
- Newaygo 26123
- Ontonagon 26131
- Otsego 26137
- Schoolcraft 26153
- Van Buren 26159
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 15 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/MYTE ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5361775 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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