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Photographer: Paul Skawinski
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Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton pulcher Tuck.
spotted pondweed
Potamogeton: from Greek potamos, "a river," and geiton, "a neighbor," because of the habitat
pulcher: pretty
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| Status: | Endangered |
| Plant: | perennial, submersed aquatic, stems and leaves with prominent black spots; slender rhizomes |
| Flower: | green-brown, small; inflorescence spike |
| Fruit: | dry seed with 3 sharp ridges |
| Leaf: | alternate, entire, with prominent midvein; floating, heart-shaped base; submersed, leaves lance-like, wavy edges; fibrous stipules free of leaf axils |
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