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Vasey's pondweed

Potamogeton vaseyi

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

Vasey's pondweed is a submerged aquatic plant native to eastern Canada and the northeastern United States, growing in still or slow water. It is grown in ponds and aquariums where it stays fully underwater.

Family
Potamogetonaceae (Potamogeton family)
Grows as
Shrub, Aquatic
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Grows submerged in water; keep it fully covered in still or slow-moving water.
Soil
Rooted in mud, sand or loam at the bottom of a pond or tank.
Temperature
10–25 °C; tolerates cold winters in its native range.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
E. Canada to NC. & NE. U.S.A.
Climate
temperate

About

Potamogeton vaseyi is a species of flowering plant in the pondweed family Potamogetonaceae. It is native to North America. The specific epithet vaseyi honors the American botanist George Vasey. The species is commonly called Vasey's pondweed.

Where it grows

Potamogeton vaseyi is native to northeastern North America. In the United States, it is most common in New York.

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 vaseyi 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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