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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton strictifolius A.Benn.
narrow-leaved pondweed, stiff pondweed, straight-leaved pondweed
Potamogeton: from Greek potamos, "a river," and geiton, "a neighbor," because of the habitat
strictifolius: erect leaves
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial, submersed aquatic; from rhizomes |
| Flower: | green-brown, small, stalk slender, winter buds flattened, outer leaves arching outward; inflorescence spike with whorls |
| Fruit: | rounded, dry seed |
| Leaf: | alternate, entire, with prominent midvein; narrow, stiff, 3-5 veins, pointed tip; stipules fibrous and white |
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