PLANTS Profile for Potamogeton perfoliatus (claspingleaf pondweed)

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Potamogeton perfoliatus L.
claspingleaf pondweed

Symbol:

POPE7

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Potamogetonaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
CAN		N
GL		N
SPM		N

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Line Drawing of Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

Britton, N.L., and A. Brown. 1913. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British Possessions. 3 vols. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York. Vol. 1: 80. Courtesy of Kentucky Native Plant Society. Scanned by Omnitek Inc. Usage Requirements.

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Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

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Synonyms:
Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

	POAM10	Potamogeton amplexicaulis Kar.
	POBU6	Potamogeton bupleuroides Fernald
	POPEB4	Potamogeton perfoliatus L. ssp. bupleuroides (Fernald) Hultén
	POPEB2	Potamogeton perfoliatus L. var. bupleuroides (Fernald) Farw.

Distribution:
Potamogeton perfoliatus L.


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USA (AK, AL, CT, DC, DE, FL, LA, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MS, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, RI, TX, VA, VT, WI), CAN (BC, LB, NB, NF, NS, ON, PE, QC), DEN (GL), FRA (SPM)

Related Taxa:
Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

View 2 genera in Potamogetonaceae, 62 species in Potamogeton

Classification:
Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

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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 perfoliatus L. – claspingleaf pondweed

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

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.

Ohio:
red-head pondweed		Presumed Extirpated

Wetland Indicator Status:

NOTE: On June 1, 2012, the 2012 National Wetland Plant List superseded the information below (see Federal Register, May 9, 2012, 77(90): 27210-27214[https://federalregister.gov/a/2012-11176]). For updated wetland information about this species, see the latest wetland list.

Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

Nat. Ind.

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Reg. 0

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Reg. C

Reg. H

OBL

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More Accounts and Images:
Potamogeton perfoliatus L.

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

View species account and distribution from USF Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 39011.

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

View 1 propagation protocol from Native Plants Network.

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

Time Generated: 01/03/2013 01:34 PM CST