Index / Search / Potamogeton robbinsii
§1 Plant
Potamogeton robbinsii Oakes
vernacular Robbins' 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
§2b
County-level range
· 220 counties across 24 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- None
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Low
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -38 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 90 min.
- Precipitation
- 16–55 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7
- 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
- Green
- Fire resistant
- No
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Late Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Fall
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- Routinely Available
- Nursery stock
- No
- Palatable, human
- No
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 220 counties across 24 states/territories.
Alabama view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 35 N ▾
- Alger 26003
- Allegan 26005
- Barry 26015
- Benzie 26019
- Branch 26023
- Calhoun 26025
- Cass 26027
- Charlevoix 26029
- Cheboygan 26031
- Chippewa 26033
- Clinton 26037
- Emmet 26047
- Gogebic 26053
- Ingham 26065
- Iron 26071
- Kalamazoo 26077
- Kent 26081
- Keweenaw 26083
- Lenawee 26091
- Luce 26095
- Mackinac 26097
- Marquette 26103
- Mason 26105
- Missaukee 26113
- Muskegon 26121
- Newaygo 26123
- Oakland 26125
- Osceola 26133
- Roscommon 26143
- Schoolcraft 26153
- St. Clair 26147
- St. Joseph 26149
- Van Buren 26159
- Washtenaw 26161
- Wexford 26165
Minnesota view state ↗ 24 N ▾
- Aitkin 27001
- Becker 27005
- Cass 27021
- Chisago 27025
- Clearwater 27029
- Cook 27031
- Crow Wing 27035
- Douglas 27041
- Hennepin 27053
- Hubbard 27057
- Isanti 27059
- Itasca 27061
- Lake 27075
- Lake of the Woods 27077
- Morrison 27097
- Pine 27115
- Polk 27119
- Ramsey 27123
- Scott 27139
- Sherburne 27141
- St. Louis 27137
- Stearns 27145
- Washington 27163
- Wright 27171
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 21 N ▾
- Cattaraugus 36009
- Chautauqua 36013
- Clinton 36019
- Columbia 36021
- Erie 36029
- Essex 36031
- Hamilton 36041
- Jefferson 36045
- Orange 36071
- Oswego 36075
- Putnam 36079
- Rensselaer 36083
- Rockland 36087
- Saratoga 36091
- Schuyler 36097
- Suffolk 36103
- Tompkins 36109
- Warren 36113
- Washington 36115
- Wayne 36117
- Westchester 36119
Ohio view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 4 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 33 N ▾
- Ashland 55003
- Barron 55005
- Bayfield 55007
- Burnett 55013
- Chippewa 55017
- Douglas 55031
- Eau Claire 55035
- Forest 55041
- Iron 55051
- Jefferson 55055
- Kenosha 55059
- Langlade 55067
- Lincoln 55069
- Manitowoc 55071
- Marathon 55073
- Marquette 55077
- Menominee 55078
- Oconto 55083
- Oneida 55085
- Polk 55095
- Portage 55097
- Sauk 55111
- Sawyer 55113
- Shawano 55115
- St. Croix 55109
- Taylor 55119
- Vilas 55125
- Walworth 55127
- Washburn 55129
- Waukesha 55133
- Waupaca 55135
- Waushara 55137
- Winnebago 55139
Wyoming view state ↗ 3 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/PORO2 ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/5301182 ↗Record version
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