PLANTS Profile for Potamogeton praelongus (whitestem pondweed)

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Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen
whitestem pondweed

Symbol:

POPR5

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Potamogetonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N
GL		N

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Joe F. Duft. USDA NRCS. 1992. Western wetland flora: Field office guide to plant species. West Region, Sacramento. Courtesy of USDA NRCS Wetland Science Institute. Usage Requirements.

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Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen

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Synonyms:
Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen

POPRA4

Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen var. angustifolius Graebn.

Distribution:
Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen


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See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AK, CA, CO, CT, IA, ID, IL, IN, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, OR, PA, SD, UT, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, PE, QC, SK, YT), DEN (GL)

Related Taxa:
Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen

View 2 genera in Potamogetonaceae, 62 species in Potamogeton

Classification:
Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Alismatidae
Order	Najadales
Family	Potamogetonaceae – Pondweed family
Genus	Potamogeton L. – pondweed
Species	Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen – whitestem pondweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen

This plant is listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Illinois:
pondweed		Endangered
Indiana:
white-stem pondweed		Endangered
New Jersey:
white-stem pondweed		Endangered
Ohio:
white-stem pondweed		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
white-stemmed pondweed		Endangered

Wetland Indicator Status:
Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

Interpreting Wetland Indicator Status

More Accounts and Images:
Potamogeton praelongus Wulfen

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39042.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account and photographs from University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point Freckmann Herbarium.

Time Generated: 10/03/2008 11:21 PM MDT