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Potamogeton illinoensis Morong. Common name: Illinois Pondweed. Phenology: Apr-Sep. Habitat: Calcareous waters of rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds, spring-fed ponds, spring-fed branches and rivers, sawgrass sloughs, interdune ponds and marshes. Distribution: QC west to NT and s. BC, south to s. FL, TX, CA, Mexico, and Central America.

Origin/Endemic status: Native

Synonymy ⓘ: = AqW, Ar, C, Can, ETx1, F, FNA22, G, GrPl, GW1, Il, K4, Meso6, Mi, Mo1, NcTx, NE, NY, Pa, RAB, SFla, Tn, Tx, Va, W, WH3, WV, Wiegleb & Kaplan (1998); > Potamogeton angustifolius Bercht. & C.Presl — S, S13; > Potamogeton heterophyllus Schreb. — S, S13; > Potamogeton lucens L. — S, S13, misapplied. Basionym: Potamogeton illinoensis Morong 1880

Links to other floras: = Potamogeton illinoensis - 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 ⓘ: 8

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