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Photographer: Joanne Kline
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Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton epihydrus Raf.
ribbon-leaf pondweed, ribbon-leaved pondweed
Potamogeton: from Greek potamos, "a river," and geiton, "a neighbor," because of the habitat
epihydrus: epi for "over or on;" hydr for water
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, submersed aquatic; stems slightly flat to 7' long; spreading rhizomes and tubers |
| Flower: | green-brown, small; inflorescence cylindrical spike |
| Fruit: | dry, flatten disk, fruit stalks as thick as stem |
| Leaf: | long tape-like, stemless, alternate, entire, with prominent midvein, 5-13 side veins; floating stalked, elliptical; stipule not fused to leaf |
| Habitat: | water from 3-7' deep; in sediment soil |
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