Index / Search / Potamogeton epihydrus
§1 Plant
Potamogeton epihydrus Raf.
vernacular ribbonleaf 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
- AK Alaska Native
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
- SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b
County-level range
· 381 counties across 34 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
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -33 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 100 min.
- Precipitation
- 14–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.4–7
- Root depth
- 0 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Rapid
- Lifespan
- Short
- Foliage texture
- Fine
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- Green
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Medium
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Moderate
- 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 381 counties across 34 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Arenac 26011
- Baraga 26013
- Benzie 26019
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Delta 26041
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Houghton 26061
- Huron 26063
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kalkaska 26079
- Keweenaw 26083
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- Van Buren 26159
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 15 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 41 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Allegany 36003
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Delaware 36025
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Madison 36053
- Nassau 36059
- Niagara 36063
- Oneida 36065
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schenectady 36093
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Sullivan 36105
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
North Carolina view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 53 N ▾
- Allegheny 42003
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Cameron 42023
- Carbon 42025
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Clarion 42031
- Clearfield 42033
- Clinton 42035
- Columbia 42037
- Crawford 42039
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Fayette 42051
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Fulton 42057
- Huntingdon 42061
- Indiana 42063
- Lackawanna 42069
- Lancaster 42071
- Lawrence 42073
- Lehigh 42077
- Luzerne 42079
- Lycoming 42081
- McKean 42083
- Mercer 42085
- Monroe 42089
- Montgomery 42091
- Northampton 42095
- Northumberland 42097
- Perry 42099
- Philadelphia 42101
- Pike 42103
- Potter 42105
- Schuylkill 42107
- Snyder 42109
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Union 42119
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 5 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 22 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Alleghany 51005
- Bath 51017
- Caroline 51033
- Carroll 51035
- Charles City 51036
- Clarke 51043
- Fairfax 51059
- Floyd 51063
- Fluvanna 51065
- Frederick 51069
- Grayson 51077
- Highland 51091
- Isle of Wight 51093
- King and Queen 51097
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Powhatan 51145
- Prince William 51153
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Surry 51181
- Westmoreland 51193
West Virginia view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 40 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Douglas 55031
- Florence 55037
- Forest 55041
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Jefferson 55055
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Outagamie 55087
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Waupaca 55135
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POEP2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5301148 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
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