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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton gramineus L.
grass-leaved pondweed, variable-leaved pondweed
Potamogeton: from Greek potamos, "a river," and geiton, "a neighbor," because of the habitat
gramineus: resembling grass, grassy
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, submersed aquatic; stems branched; spreading rhizomes |
| Flower: | green-brown, small, stout stalk; inflorescence dense cylindrical spike |
| Fruit: | dry, flat oval |
| Leaf: | alternate, entire, with prominent midvein; submersed linear-lance like; 3-7 veins, stemless; floating stalked, 11-19 vein; stipules free in leaf axils |
| Habitat: | water about 3' deep; in firm sediment soil |
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