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Photographer: Paul Skawinski
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Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton friesii Rupr.
Fries's pondweed
Potamogeton: from Greek potamos, "a river," and geiton, "a neighbor," because of the habitat
friesii: for Elias Magnus Fries (1794-1878)
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, submersed aquatic; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | green-brown, small, stalk flattened, winter buds in tight in fan shape at 90deg. from outer leaves; inflorescence spike |
| Fruit: | rounded, dry seed with low or no ridges |
| Leaf: | alternate, entire, with prominent midvein; narrow with 5-7 veins, rounded tip with short beak; pair of glands at nodes; stipules fibrous, white |
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