trefle.io · Taken Sep 9, 2009 by EOL − Jan Ševčík (public)
Potamogetonaceae
Longleaf pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Also known as Long-leaf pondweed, Potamogeton, Floating pondweed, Potamogeton natans var. serotinus
Native Plants · Aquatic · Pondweed · Submerged · Freshwater · Oxygenator · Pond Plant · Perennial · Waterfowl Habitat · Potamogetonaceae · Floating Leaves
Longleaf pondweed is an aquatic perennial that grows submerged or floating in ponds, slow streams, and lake margins. It requires a permanently wet or fully submerged environment and moderate to full sunlight to flourish. This plant is an excellent oxygenator and provides valuable habitat and food for aquatic wildlife and waterfowl.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Grow submerged or in saturated substrate; water level should cover roots consistently · Submerged or fully saturated at all times
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.8–7
- Temperature
- 0°F to 90°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed, Cutting
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 2 ft – 5 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Amur, Andaman Is., Angola, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Azores, Bahamas, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Botswana, Brazil North
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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