Vascular Plant Herbarium

Vascular Plant Database Family Results

Category: Monocots
Family Name: Potamogetonaceae

Potamogeton - [maps | photos]

• Potamogeton amplifolius Tuck. (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: largeleaf pondweed

• Potamogeton crispus * L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: curly pondweed

• Potamogeton diversifolius Raf.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: waterthread pondweed

• Potamogeton epihydrus Raf. (TN Special Concern)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: ribbonleaf pondweed

• Potamogeton foliosus Raf.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: leafy pondweed

• Potamogeton nodosus Poir.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: longleaf pondweed

• Potamogeton pulcher Tuck.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: spotted pondweed

• Potamogeton pusillus L. ssp. pusillus
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: small pondweed

• Potamogeton pusillus L. ssp. tenuissimus (Mert. & W.D.J. Koch) Haynes & C.B. Hellq.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: small pondweed

• Potamogeton tennesseensis Fernald (TN Threatened)
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: Tennessee pondweed

Stuckenia - [maps | photos]

• Stuckenia pectinata (L.) Böerner
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: sago pondweed
  Synonyms:
  

         • Potamogeton pectinatus L.

Zannichellia - [maps | photos]

• Zannichellia palustris L.
  NWI R2 TN: Obligate Wetland
  Common Name: horned pondweed

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*Non-native taxon known to be naturalized in Tennessee

All names & statuses follow the Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee (2015).
Click here for a description of rare, threatened, or endangered (RTE) status & National Wetland Indicator (NWI) status.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact Dr. Jessica M. Budke or Margaret Oliver.