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Stuckenia pectinata (Linnaeus) C. Börner. Common name: Sago-pondweed. Phenology: Jun-Sep. Habitat: Calcareous or brackish waters of ponds, lakes, estuaries, sounds. Distribution: The species is irregularly cosmopolitan, but more commonly encountered in the Great Lakes region.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy : = AqW, Ar, Can, ETx1, FNA22, Il, K4, NcTx, NE, NY, Tn, Va, WH3, Haynes, Les, & Král (1998); = Coleogeton pectinatus (L.) Les & R.R.Haynes — Les & Haynes (1996); = Potamogeton pectinatus L. — C, F, G, GrPl, GW1, Meso6, Mo1, Pa, RAB, S, S13, Tat, Tx, W, WV, Wiegleb & Kaplan (1998), (basionym)

Links to other floras: = Stuckenia pectinata - FNA22

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Wetland Indicator Status:

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

Heliophily : 9

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