Potamogetonaceae
Little aguja pondweed
Potamogeton berchtoldii
Also known as Potamogeton pusillus var. minutissimus, Potamogeton pusillus var. berchtoldii, Aguja pondweed, Potamogeton pusillus f. pygmaeus
Native Plants · Aquatic · Submerged · Freshwater · Pond Plant · Pondweed · Wildlife Pond · Waterfowl · Oxygenating Plant · Cool Water · Native
Little aguja pondweed is a fine-leaved submerged aquatic plant found in slow-moving freshwater lakes, ponds, and streams across the Northern Hemisphere. It requires stable, clear, cool to temperate water and adequate light penetration to thrive, making it best suited to outdoor wildlife ponds or large aquaria. Its dense foliage provides excellent habitat for invertebrates and food for waterfowl.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Requires permanent submersion in shallow freshwater; do not allow to dry out · Fully submerged; maintain stable water depth at all times
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- peat
- Soil pH
- 7–7.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-10b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 8 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, British Columbia, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, California, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, Chita
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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