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Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton

not marked as a favorite taxon Potamogeton oakesianus J.W. Robbins. Common name: Oakes’s Pondweed. Habitat: Acidic waters of lakes, streams, bogs, and beaver ponds. Distribution: Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) west to Minnesota, south to Virginia, n. West Virginia, and n. Illinois; apparently disjunct in Montana, and British Columbia, and possibly in s. Alabama (Sorrie, pers. comm.).

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Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, C, Can, F, FNA22, G, K1, K4, Mi, NE, NS, NY, Pa, POWO, Va, W, Wiegleb & Kaplan (1998); = n/a — RAB, S. Basionym: Potamogeton oakesianus J.W. Robbins 1867

Links to other floras: = Potamogeton oakesianus - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

  • Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plain: OBL
  • Eastern Mountains and Piedmont: OBL
  • Midwest: OBL
  • Northcentral & Northeast: OBL

Heliophily ⓘ: 9

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image #1 of Potamogeton oakesianus© Gary P. Fleming | Original Image ⭷
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