Index / Search / Potamogeton pusillus
§1 Plant
Potamogeton pusillus L.
vernacular small 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
· 814 counties across 42 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 814 counties across 42 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 30 N ▾
- Baldwin 01003
- Cherokee 01019
- Chilton 01021
- Choctaw 01023
- Coffee 01031
- Colbert 01033
- Coosa 01037
- Covington 01039
- Elmore 01051
- Escambia 01053
- Fayette 01057
- Franklin 01059
- Greene 01063
- Henry 01067
- Houston 01069
- Jackson 01071
- Lawrence 01079
- Lee 01081
- Macon 01087
- Madison 01089
- Marengo 01091
- Marion 01093
- Marshall 01095
- Mobile 01097
- Montgomery 01101
- Pickens 01107
- Talladega 01121
- Tallapoosa 01123
- Tuscaloosa 01125
- Wilcox 01131
Alaska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 68 N ▾
- Adams 17001
- Alexander 17003
- Boone 17007
- Calhoun 17013
- Carroll 17015
- Cass 17017
- Clark 17023
- Clinton 17027
- Coles 17029
- Cook 17031
- Crawford 17033
- Cumberland 17035
- De Witt 17039
- Douglas 17041
- DuPage 17043
- Edgar 17045
- Edwards 17047
- Effingham 17049
- Fayette 17051
- Ford 17053
- Franklin 17055
- Fulton 17057
- Grundy 17063
- Hamilton 17065
- Hancock 17067
- Henderson 17071
- Henry 17073
- Jackson 17077
- Jasper 17079
- Jo Daviess 17085
- Johnson 17087
- Kane 17089
- Knox 17095
- Lake 17097
- LaSalle 17099
- Lawrence 17101
- Lee 17103
- Madison 17119
- Marion 17121
- Mason 17125
- McHenry 17111
- McLean 17113
- Menard 17129
- Mercer 17131
- Monroe 17133
- Morgan 17137
- Moultrie 17139
- Peoria 17143
- Perry 17145
- Piatt 17147
- Pike 17149
- Putnam 17155
- Randolph 17157
- Richland 17159
- Saline 17165
- Sangamon 17167
- Scott 17171
- Shelby 17173
- St. Clair 17163
- Union 17181
- Vermilion 17183
- Wabash 17185
- Warren 17187
- Washington 17189
- Wayne 17191
- Whiteside 17195
- Will 17197
- Winnebago 17201
Indiana view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 34 N ▾
- Caddo 22017
- Calcasieu 22019
- Caldwell 22021
- Cameron 22023
- Claiborne 22027
- De Soto 22031
- Evangeline 22039
- Grant 22043
- Iberia 22045
- Iberville 22047
- Jackson 22049
- Jefferson 22051
- Lafayette 22055
- Lafourche 22057
- Livingston 22063
- Morehouse 22067
- Natchitoches 22069
- Orleans 22071
- Ouachita 22073
- Plaquemines 22075
- Pointe Coupee 22077
- Rapides 22079
- Sabine 22085
- St. Charles 22089
- St. John the Baptist 22095
- St. Martin 22099
- St. Tammany 22103
- Tangipahoa 22105
- Tensas 22107
- Terrebonne 22109
- Union 22111
- Vermilion 22113
- West Baton Rouge 22121
- West Feliciana 22125
Maine view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 54 N ▾
- Alcona 26001
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Alpena 26007
- Baraga 26013
- Barry 26015
- Bay 26017
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clare 26035
- Clinton 26037
- Emmet 26047
- Gladwin 26051
- Gogebic 26053
- Gratiot 26057
- Houghton 26061
- Ingham 26065
- Iosco 26069
- Iron 26071
- Jackson 26075
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lapeer 26087
- Leelanau 26089
- Lenawee 26091
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Macomb 26099
- Manistee 26101
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Mecosta 26107
- Menominee 26109
- Monroe 26115
- Montcalm 26117
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Ontonagon 26131
- Osceola 26133
- Oscoda 26135
- Ottawa 26139
- Presque Isle 26141
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wayne 26163
Minnesota view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Anoka 27003
- Becker 27005
- Carlton 27017
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clay 27027
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Dakota 27037
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Kandiyohi 27067
- Kittson 27069
- Koochiching 27071
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Le Sueur 27079
- Mahnomen 27087
- Marshall 27089
- Mille Lacs 27095
- Murray 27101
- Nicollet 27103
- Pine 27115
- Pipestone 27117
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Rice 27131
- Roseau 27135
- Scott 27139
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Washington 27163
- Winona 27169
- Wright 27171
Mississippi view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Adair 29001
- Benton 29015
- Bollinger 29017
- Boone 29019
- Butler 29023
- Carroll 29033
- Christian 29043
- Jackson 29095
- Jasper 29097
- Johnson 29101
- Laclede 29105
- Madison 29123
- McDonald 29119
- Mississippi 29133
- Monroe 29137
- Newton 29145
- Oregon 29149
- Perry 29157
- Pike 29163
- Randolph 29175
- Scotland 29199
- Scott 29201
- St. Clair 29185
- St. Louis 29189
Montana view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 14 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 3 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 49 N ▾
- Albany 36001
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Cayuga 36011
- Chautauqua 36013
- Chenango 36017
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Cortland 36023
- Delaware 36025
- Dutchess 36027
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Franklin 36033
- Fulton 36035
- Genesee 36037
- Greene 36039
- Hamilton 36041
- Herkimer 36043
- Jefferson 36045
- Lewis 36049
- Livingston 36051
- Madison 36053
- Monroe 36055
- Nassau 36059
- Oneida 36065
- Onondaga 36067
- Ontario 36069
- Orange 36071
- Orleans 36073
- Oswego 36075
- Otsego 36077
- Putnam 36079
- Queens 36081
- Rensselaer 36083
- Richmond 36085
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- St. Lawrence 36089
- Steuben 36101
- Suffolk 36103
- Tioga 36107
- Tompkins 36109
- Ulster 36111
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
- Yates 36123
North Carolina view state ↗ 36 N ▾
- Beaufort 37013
- Bertie 37015
- Brunswick 37019
- Cabarrus 37025
- Camden 37029
- Carteret 37031
- Chowan 37041
- Craven 37049
- Currituck 37053
- Dare 37055
- Duplin 37061
- Edgecombe 37065
- Hertford 37091
- Hoke 37093
- Hyde 37095
- Jones 37103
- Lenoir 37107
- Lincoln 37109
- Madison 37115
- Nash 37127
- New Hanover 37129
- Northampton 37131
- Onslow 37133
- Pasquotank 37139
- Pender 37141
- Perquimans 37143
- Pitt 37147
- Polk 37149
- Randolph 37151
- Richmond 37153
- Rockingham 37157
- Stokes 37169
- Transylvania 37175
- Tyrrell 37177
- Wake 37183
- Wilson 37195
North Dakota view state ↗ 39 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Bottineau 38009
- Bowman 38011
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Cass 38017
- Cavalier 38019
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Grand Forks 38035
- Grant 38037
- LaMoure 38045
- Logan 38047
- McIntosh 38051
- McKenzie 38053
- Mercer 38057
- Morton 38059
- Mountrail 38061
- Nelson 38063
- Oliver 38065
- Pembina 38067
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Ransom 38073
- Richland 38077
- Rolette 38079
- Sargent 38081
- Slope 38087
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Walsh 38099
- Ward 38101
- Wells 38103
- Williams 38105
Ohio view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 46 N ▾
- Armstrong 42005
- Beaver 42007
- Bedford 42009
- Berks 42011
- Blair 42013
- Bradford 42015
- Bucks 42017
- Butler 42019
- Cambria 42021
- Centre 42027
- Chester 42029
- Crawford 42039
- Cumberland 42041
- Dauphin 42043
- Delaware 42045
- Elk 42047
- Erie 42049
- Forest 42053
- Franklin 42055
- Huntingdon 42061
- 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
- Somerset 42111
- Sullivan 42113
- Susquehanna 42115
- Tioga 42117
- Venango 42121
- Warren 42123
- Wayne 42127
- Westmoreland 42129
- Wyoming 42131
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Bastrop 48021
- Bowie 48037
- Brewster 48043
- Burnet 48053
- Caldwell 48055
- Cameron 48061
- Crosby 48107
- Dallas 48113
- Denton 48121
- El Paso 48141
- Fannin 48147
- Floyd 48153
- Freestone 48161
- Galveston 48167
- Gillespie 48171
- Harrison 48203
- Hays 48209
- Hemphill 48211
- Hidalgo 48215
- Jeff Davis 48243
- Medina 48325
- Mitchell 48335
- Nolan 48353
- Orange 48361
- Randall 48381
- Real 48385
- Sabine 48403
- Scurry 48415
- Taylor 48441
- Throckmorton 48447
- Travis 48453
- Wheeler 48483
- Williamson 48491
- Wood 48499
- Young 48503
Vermont view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 20 N ▾
- Accomack 51001
- Bland 51021
- Dickenson 51051
- Dinwiddie 51053
- Fairfax 51059
- Fauquier 51061
- Frederick 51069
- Gloucester 51073
- King George 51099
- Louisa 51109
- Middlesex 51119
- New Kent 51127
- Northampton 51131
- Prince William 51153
- Rockingham 51165
- Stafford 51179
- Surry 51181
- Sussex 51183
- Virginia Beach (city) 51810
- York 51199
West Virginia view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 56 N ▾
- Adams 55001
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Brown 55009
- Buffalo 55011
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Clark 55019
- Columbia 55021
- Crawford 55023
- Dane 55025
- Douglas 55031
- Dunn 55033
- Eau Claire 55035
- Forest 55041
- Grant 55043
- Green Lake 55047
- Iowa 55049
- Iron 55051
- Jackson 55053
- Kenosha 55059
- La Crosse 55063
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marinette 55075
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Milwaukee 55079
- Monroe 55081
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Price 55099
- Racine 55101
- Richland 55103
- Rock 55105
- Rusk 55107
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- Sheboygan 55117
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Trempealeau 55121
- Vernon 55123
- Vilas 55125
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
- Wood 55141
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/POPU7 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/8351789 ↗Record version
Cached and built locally. Source version on this record:
usda-plants-mt-2026-05-26
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