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Potamogetonaceae
Sago pondweed
Stuckenia pectinata
Also known as Potamogeton pectinatus var. dichotomus, Potamogeton pectinatus f. subdrupaceus, Potamogeton pectinatus subsp. helveticus, Potamogeton pectinatus f. lutiusculus
Native Plants · Aquatic · Submerged · Pond Plant · Water Garden · Wildlife Habitat · Waterfowl · Native · Perennial · Freshwater · Pondweed
Sago pondweed is a fully submerged aquatic perennial best grown in ponds, slow-moving streams, or water garden features with a soft, muddy substrate. It provides critical habitat and food for waterfowl, fish, and invertebrates, making it an excellent choice for wildlife ponds. Plant in shallow to moderate water depths and allow it to spread naturally; monitor to prevent overcrowding.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Requires permanent standing water; fully submerged aquatic plant · Continuously submerged
- Maintenance
- High
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5–6.5
- Temperature
- -20°F to 85°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 5a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 3 ft
- Spread
- 2 ft
- Spacing
- 18 in apart
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- No
- Foliage
- Medium
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Aleutian Is., Algeria, Altay, Amur, Angola, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Belize
- Attracts
- Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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