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§1 Plant
Alisma gramineum Lej.
vernacular narrowleaf water plantain — species · Alismataceae
§2Habit & range
Habit and range
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Duration
- Perennial
- Group
- Monocot
- Family
- Alismataceae Vent.
- Genus
- Alisma
§2a
Native status, by region
- CAN Canada Native
- L48 Lower 48 States Native
§2b
County-level range
· 137 counties across 17 states/territories§3Cultivation specs · USDA
Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.
§3a
Tolerances
- Drought
- None
- Shade
- High
- Moisture use
- High
- Fire
- High
- Salinity
- Low
- Anaerobic
- High
- CaCO₃
- Medium
- Hedging
- None
§3b
Climate & soil
- Cold tolerance
- -43 °F minimum
- Frost-free days
- 80 min.
- Precipitation
- 10–50 in/yr
- pH range
- 5.8–7.4
- Root depth
- 8 in min.
- Fertility need
- Medium
- Soil texture
- medium, fine
§3c
Form & growth
- Growth form
- Single Crown
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifespan
- Short
- Mature height
- 1.5 ft
- Foliage texture
- Medium
- Foliage colour
- Green
- Porosity (summer)
- Porous
- Porosity (winter)
- Porous
- Flower colour
- White
- Fruit colour
- Brown
- Fire resistant
- Yes
- N fixation
- None
- Toxicity
- None
§3d
Reproduction
- Bloom period
- Mid Summer
- Seed abundance
- Low
- Seed begins
- Summer
- Seed ends
- Summer
- Spread rate
- Slow
- Stratify
- No
- Propagation
- seed, bare root, sprigs
§3e
Use & availability
- Commercial availability
- No Known Source
- Nursery stock
- No
- Browse palatability
- Low
- Graze palatability
- Low
- Palatable, human
- No
- Protein potential
- Medium
- Lumber
- No
- Christmas tree
- No
§4Counties, by state
Recorded in 137 counties across 17 states/territories.
California view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 5 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 27 N ▾
- Barnes 38003
- Benson 38005
- Billings 38007
- Burke 38013
- Burleigh 38015
- Divide 38023
- Emmons 38029
- Foster 38031
- Golden Valley 38033
- Hettinger 38041
- Kidder 38043
- McHenry 38049
- McIntosh 38051
- McLean 38055
- Morton 38059
- Nelson 38063
- Pierce 38069
- Ramsey 38071
- Richland 38077
- Sargent 38081
- Sheridan 38083
- Slope 38087
- Stark 38089
- Steele 38091
- Stutsman 38093
- Traill 38097
- Williams 38105
Oregon view state ↗ 7 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 15 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 1 N ▾
§5Sources & provenance
USDA PLANTS
Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.
plants.usda.gov/ALGR ↗GBIF Backbone
Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.
gbif.org/species/2865152 ↗Record version
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