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Photographer: Robert W. Freckmann
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Family Potamogetonaceae
Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Börner
comb pondweed, sago pondweed
Stuckenia: probably for Wilhelm Adolf Stucken (1852-1901) headmaster of the Gottingen Gymnasium and amateur botanist associated with the Bremen herbarium
pectinata: Latin for "comb-like"
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| Status: | Native |
| Plant: | perennial aquatic, flower stalk slender either above or below surface; stems 1'-3' long, fan-like branches; slender rhizomes with many starchy tubers |
| Flower: | green to brown, small; inflorescence spike of spaced whorls |
| Fruit: | oval-to-ovate, dry seed with a short beak |
| Leaf: | alternate, entire, with prominent midvein; very thin, sharp pointed, needle-like; stipules fused to leaf over most of length |
| Habitat: | water 3-7' deep or more |
| Notes: | can be in very turbid water |
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