Missouri Department of Conservation


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Summary information for SPOTTED PONDWEED

Common Name
SPOTTED PONDWEED
Scientific Name
POTAMOGETON PULCHER
Status
STATE RANK S2S3, GLOBAL RANK G5
Primary Habitat
"Wetland - sinkhole pond"
Preferred Habitat
"Is aquatic in sinkhole ponds and sluggish streams, sometimes emergent on mudflats. This species is a characteristic plant of upland sinkhole ponds in the ozarks."
Distribution
"Scattered in the eastern half of the state in the Ozark and Ozark border natural divisions *02*. The historic sites in the Ozark border division at the northern edge of the species' distribution mostly have been destroyed *02*."
County List
BOLLINGER, BUTLER, CARTER, OREGON, REYNOLDS, RIPLEY, SHANNON, WAYNE
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