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Hill's pondweed

Potamogeton hillii

Hill's pondweed
Photo: Nathaniel Lord Britton & Addison Brown, Public domain

Hill's pondweed is a submerged aquatic plant native to North America, found in alkaline waters from Wisconsin to western New England, and it is listed as endangered or threatened in several states. It lives fully underwater and is not a practical garden or houseplant.

Family
Potamogetonaceae (Potamogeton family)
Grows as
Shrub, Aquatic
Light
Part shade
Water
Grows fully submerged in water; it cannot be watered like a land plant.
Soil
Alkaline pond or lake sediment, typically mud or sand.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Canada to NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Potamogeton hillii, common name Hill's pondweed, is a species of plant found in North America. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. It is listed as a special concern in Massachusetts and as threatened in Michigan and New York (state).

Commonly found in alkaline waters, Hill's pondweed has a narrow distribution from Wisconsin to western New England (Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont).

Other Potamogeton plants

Sharp-leaved pondweed · Alpine pondweed · Largeleaf pondweed · Small Pondweed · Red Pondweed · Little aguja pondweed · Fen Pondweed · Grass-wrack pondweed · Tuckerman's pondweed · Curly pondweed · Little-leaf pondweed · Pondweed

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Potamogeton hillii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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