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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton diversifolius Raf.
common snail-seed pondweed, water-thread pondweed
Potamogeton: from Greek potamos, "a river," and geiton, "a neighbor," because of the habitat
diversifolius: many-shaped leaves
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| Status: | Special Concern |
| Plant: | perennial, submersed aquatic; stems freely branching; slender rhizomes |
| Flower: | green-brown, small; inflorescence spike |
| Fruit: | dry seed with a flat, round, tiny beak, fruit spikes globular from submersed leaf axils; cylindrical from floating leaves |
| Leaf: | alternate, entire, 1 prominent midvein, 2 faint side veins; elliptical-floating; submersed-long, fine; stipule fused to leaf .3-.5 of its length |
| Habitat: | water < 7'; in soft sediment soil |
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