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§1 Plant
Potamogeton pulcher Tuck.
vernacular spotted 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
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
County-level range
· 258 counties across 27 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 258 counties across 27 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 12 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 16 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 42 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Brunswick 37019
- Burke 37023
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Columbus 37047
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Franklin 37069
- Gates 37073
- Greene 37079
- Guilford 37081
- Harnett 37085
- Haywood 37087
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Jackson 37099
- Jones 37103
- Lee 37105
- Lenoir 37107
- Martin 37117
- Moore 37125
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pamlico 37137
- Pender 37141
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Robeson 37155
- Rockingham 37157
- Scotland 37165
- Stanly 37167
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Warren 37185
- Washington 37187
- Wilson 37195
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 3 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 28 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Augusta 51015
- Bland 51021
- Caroline 51033
- Charles City 51036
- Charlotte 51037
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Greensville 51081
- Henrico 51087
- Lunenburg 51111
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Nottoway 51135
- Page 51139
- Patrick 51141
- Prince George 51149
- Rockingham 51165
- Southampton 51175
- Spotsylvania 51177
- Suffolk (city) 51800
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Tazewell 51185
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- Warren 51187
- Washington 51191
West Virginia view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 5 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POPU6 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5301137 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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