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§1 Plant

Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner

vernacular sago pondweed — species · Potamogetonaceae

USDA
STPE15
GBIF
7871428
Rank
species
sago pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata)
Platephotograph · Igor BalashovCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Monocot
Family
Potamogetonaceae Bercht. & J. Presl
Genus
Stuckenia
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • SPM St. Pierre & Miquelon Native
§2b

County-level range

· 885 counties across 47 states/territories
Legend Native · 884 Introduced · 1 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
High
Moisture use
High
Salinity
Medium
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
125 min.
Precipitation
12–60 in/yr
pH range
6–8.5
Root depth
0 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Single Crown
Growth rate
Slow
Lifespan
Moderate
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Green
Fruit colour
Blue
Fire resistant
No
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Mid Spring
Seed abundance
Medium
Seed begins
Spring
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
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 885 counties across 47 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
California view state ↗ 38 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 1 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 1 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 67 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 12 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Maryland view state ↗ 2 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 57 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 16 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 21 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 37 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 13 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 4 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 10 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 6 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 38 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 43 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 18 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 22 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 32 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 19 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 27 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 20 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 6 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 62 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 16 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/STPE15 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/7871428 ↗

Record version

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