PLANTS Profile for Potamogeton obtusifolius (bluntleaf pondweed)

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Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch
bluntleaf pondweed

Symbol:

POOB2

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Potamogetonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
AK		N
CAN		N

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Line Drawing of Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. Vol. 1: 82. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

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Distribution:
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch


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USA (AK, CT, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT, WA, WI, WY), CAN (AB, BC, LB, MB, NB, NF, NS, NT, NU, ON, QC, SK, YT)

Related Taxa:
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

View 2 genera in Potamogetonaceae, 62 species in Potamogeton

Classification:
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

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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 obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch – bluntleaf pondweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

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.

New Jersey:
blunt-leaf pondweed		Endangered
Pennsylvania:
blunt-leaved pondweed		Endangered
Washington:
blunt-leaved pondweed		Sensitive

Wetland Indicator Status:
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

Reg. A

Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Potamogeton obtusifolius Mert. & W.D.J. Koch

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 39041.

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: 10/26/2008 05:46 AM MDT