Index / Search / Potamogeton diversifolius
§1 Plant
Potamogeton diversifolius Raf.
vernacular waterthread pondweed — species · Potamogetonaceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
- Genus
- Potamogeton
§2a
Native status, by region
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 611 counties across 26 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 120 min.
- Precipitation
- 12–60 in/yr
- pH range
- 5–7.7
- Root depth
- 0 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- coarse, medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Bunch
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Moderate
- Mature height
- 3.2 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Moderate
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Red
- Fruit colour
- Black
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Spring
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Spring
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Rapid
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 611 counties across 26 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Autauga 01001
- Baldwin 01003
- Bibb 01007
- Blount 01009
- Chambers 01017
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Clarke 01025
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Conecuh 01035
- Covington 01039
- Crenshaw 01041
- Cullman 01043
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Geneva 01061
- Greene 01063
- Hale 01065
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lamar 01075
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Lowndes 01085
- Macon 01087
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Pickens 01107
- Pike 01109
- Randolph 01111
- St. Clair 01115
- Talladega 01121
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Walker 01127
- Washington 01129
- Winston 01133
Arizona view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Alachua 12001
- Baker 12003
- Calhoun 12013
- Clay 12019
- Escambia 12033
- Franklin 12037
- Gadsden 12039
- Hamilton 12047
- Hernando 12053
- Highlands 12055
- Hillsborough 12057
- Holmes 12059
- Jackson 12063
- Jefferson 12065
- Leon 12073
- Liberty 12077
- Marion 12083
- Nassau 12089
- Okaloosa 12091
- Orange 12095
- Pasco 12101
- Putnam 12107
- Santa Rosa 12113
- Taylor 12123
- Volusia 12127
- Wakulla 12129
- Walton 12131
- Washington 12133
Georgia view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Appling 13001
- Baker 13007
- Bartow 13015
- Bibb 13021
- Brooks 13027
- Calhoun 13037
- Cherokee 13057
- Clarke 13059
- Dade 13083
- DeKalb 13089
- Early 13099
- Elbert 13105
- Evans 13109
- Habersham 13137
- Hancock 13141
- Henry 13151
- Houston 13153
- Jackson 13157
- Jasper 13159
- Jefferson 13163
- Laurens 13175
- Lee 13177
- Lowndes 13185
- Macon 13193
- McIntosh 13191
- Meriwether 13199
- Mitchell 13205
- Morgan 13211
- Oglethorpe 13221
- Pickens 13227
- Putnam 13237
- Rabun 13241
- Randolph 13243
- Screven 13251
- Spalding 13255
- Tattnall 13267
- Troup 13285
- Ware 13299
- Wayne 13305
Illinois view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Alexander 17003
- Bond 17005
- Brown 17009
- Cass 17017
- Christian 17021
- Clark 17023
- Clay 17025
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Franklin 17055
- Gallatin 17059
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Hardin 17069
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jefferson 17081
- Johnson 17087
- Lake 17097
- Lawrence 17101
- Livingston 17105
- Macoupin 17117
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- Massac 17127
- McDonough 17109
- McHenry 17111
- Menard 17129
- Monroe 17133
- Montgomery 17135
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Pike 17149
- Pope 17151
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Wabash 17185
- Wayne 17191
- White 17193
- Will 17197
- Williamson 17199
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 25 N ▾
- Boone 18011
- Brown 18013
- Carroll 18015
- Clark 18019
- Crawford 18025
- Floyd 18043
- Gibson 18051
- Greene 18055
- Harrison 18061
- Jasper 18073
- Jefferson 18077
- Lawrence 18093
- Monroe 18105
- Montgomery 18107
- Orange 18117
- Porter 18127
- Ripley 18137
- Spencer 18147
- Sullivan 18153
- Switzerland 18155
- Union 18161
- Vigo 18167
- Wabash 18169
- Washington 18175
- White 18181
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 51 N ▾
- Ballard 21007
- Barren 21009
- Bath 21011
- Boone 21015
- Boyle 21021
- Breathitt 21025
- Bullitt 21029
- Caldwell 21033
- Calloway 21035
- Carroll 21041
- Christian 21047
- Clark 21049
- Clay 21051
- Clinton 21053
- Edmonson 21061
- Fleming 21069
- Floyd 21071
- Fulton 21075
- Graves 21083
- Greenup 21089
- Hardin 21093
- Harlan 21095
- Harrison 21097
- Hart 21099
- Henderson 21101
- Henry 21103
- Hopkins 21107
- Jefferson 21111
- Kenton 21117
- Laurel 21125
- Livingston 21139
- Lyon 21143
- Madison 21151
- Marion 21155
- Marshall 21157
- McCracken 21145
- McCreary 21147
- McLean 21149
- Meade 21163
- Montgomery 21173
- Muhlenberg 21177
- Powell 21197
- Pulaski 21199
- Rockcastle 21203
- Rowan 21205
- Scott 21209
- Simpson 21213
- Trigg 21221
- Union 21225
- Warren 21227
- Whitley 21235
Louisiana view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Allen 22003
- Avoyelles 22009
- Beauregard 22011
- Bienville 22013
- Bossier 22015
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Catahoula 22025
- Claiborne 22027
- Concordia 22029
- De Soto 22031
- East Feliciana 22037
- Evangeline 22039
- Franklin 22041
- Grant 22043
- Jackson 22049
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Lincoln 22061
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Rapides 22079
- Red River 22081
- Sabine 22085
- St. Helena 22091
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- Vernon 22115
- Washington 22117
- Webster 22119
- Winn 22127
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Bronx 36005
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cortland 36023
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Kings 36047
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Westchester 36119
- Wyoming 36121
North Carolina view state ↗ 64 N ▾
- Alexander 37003
- Alleghany 37005
- Avery 37011
- Beaufort 37013
- Bladen 37017
- Brunswick 37019
- Buncombe 37021
- Cabarrus 37025
- Caldwell 37027
- Carteret 37031
- Caswell 37033
- Clay 37043
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Cumberland 37051
- Davidson 37057
- Davie 37059
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Forsyth 37067
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Graham 37075
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Henderson 37089
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Iredell 37097
- Jackson 37099
- Johnston 37101
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- McDowell 37111
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Orange 37135
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Rowan 37159
- Rutherford 37161
- Sampson 37163
- Scotland 37165
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Union 37179
- Vance 37181
- Wake 37183
- Washington 37187
- Wayne 37191
- Wilkes 37193
- Wilson 37195
- Yancey 37199
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 37 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Delaware 42045
- Fayette 42051
- Indiana 42063
- Juniata 42067
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- Mercer 42085
- Mifflin 42087
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Schuylkill 42107
- Somerset 42111
- Susquehanna 42115
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
- York 42133
South Carolina view state ↗ 26 N ▾
- Aiken 45003
- Allendale 45005
- Barnwell 45011
- Chesterfield 45025
- Clarendon 45027
- Darlington 45031
- Dillon 45033
- Dorchester 45035
- Edgefield 45037
- Greenville 45045
- Hampton 45049
- Jasper 45053
- Kershaw 45055
- Laurens 45059
- Lee 45061
- Lexington 45063
- Marlboro 45069
- McCormick 45065
- Newberry 45071
- Orangeburg 45075
- Pickens 45077
- Saluda 45081
- Spartanburg 45083
- Union 45087
- Williamsburg 45089
- York 45091
Tennessee view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Bledsoe 47007
- Blount 47009
- Carroll 47017
- Carter 47019
- Cheatham 47021
- Claiborne 47025
- Coffee 47031
- Cumberland 47035
- Dickson 47043
- Fayette 47047
- Fentress 47049
- Franklin 47051
- Hardin 47071
- Hawkins 47073
- Haywood 47075
- Henry 47079
- Jackson 47087
- Knox 47093
- Lewis 47101
- Loudon 47105
- Marion 47115
- Marshall 47117
- McMinn 47107
- Monroe 47123
- Montgomery 47125
- Morgan 47129
- Polk 47139
- Putnam 47141
- Rutherford 47149
- Scott 47151
- Stewart 47161
- Warren 47177
- White 47185
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 43 N ▾
- Albemarle 51003
- Alleghany 51005
- Amelia 51007
- Appomattox 51011
- Augusta 51015
- Bedford 51019
- Brunswick 51025
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Chesapeake (city) 51550
- Chesterfield 51041
- Culpeper 51047
- Cumberland 51049
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Giles 51071
- Grayson 51077
- Greensville 51081
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- Lancaster 51103
- Mecklenburg 51117
- Middlesex 51119
- Montgomery 51121
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Orange 51137
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Pittsylvania 51143
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince Edward 51147
- Prince William 51153
- Pulaski 51155
- Rockingham 51165
- Shenandoah 51171
- Southampton 51175
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 23 N ▾
- Braxton 54007
- Doddridge 54017
- Fayette 54019
- Grant 54023
- Greenbrier 54025
- Hampshire 54027
- Hardy 54031
- Harrison 54033
- Jackson 54035
- Mason 54053
- Mercer 54055
- Monongalia 54061
- Morgan 54065
- Ohio 54069
- Pleasants 54073
- Pocahontas 54075
- Raleigh 54081
- Ritchie 54085
- Summers 54089
- Tyler 54095
- Upshur 54097
- Wirt 54105
- Wood 54107
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PODI ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5301163 ↗Record version
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