Index / Search / Potamogeton alpinus
§1 Plant
Potamogeton alpinus Balbis
vernacular alpine pondweed — species · Potamogetonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Potamogeton
Native status, by region
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- GL Greenland Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 151 counties across 19 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 151 counties across 19 states/territories.
Alaska view state ↗ 19 N ▾
- Aleutians East 02013
- Anchorage 02020
- Chugach 02063
- Copper River 02066
- Denali 02068
- Dillingham 02070
- Fairbanks North Star 02090
- Haines 02100
- Juneau 02110
- Kenai Peninsula 02122
- Ketchikan Gateway 02130
- Kodiak Island 02150
- Lake and Peninsula 02164
- Matanuska-Susitna 02170
- Nome 02180
- Northwest Arctic 02188
- Southeast Fairbanks 02240
- Yakutat 02282
- Yukon-Koyukuk 02290
Colorado view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Iron 26071
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Leelanau 26089
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Ogemaw 26129
- Ontonagon 26131
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
Minnesota view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 1 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 14 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POAL8 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5301175 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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