Sago Pondweed
Scientific Name:Stuckenia pectinata


NOTES: Submerged aquatic, ducks and geese diving down to feed on the tubers.

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Sago Pondweed
Genus species: Stuckenia pectinata
Common Name: Sago Pondweed
Family Name: Potamogetonaceae  
Perennial herbs, rooted in water, totally submersed or with floating leaves; leaves alternate, simple, filiform to elliptic and parallel-veined, stipulate; flowers bisexual, regular, in axillary spikes; fruit an aggregate of achenes.
Seed Type: Angiosperm
Origin:  
Native: native to North America.
Non-native: not native to North America.
Introduced Native: native to North
America, but not Rowe Woods.
* Definitions based on the USDA
terminology
Native
Category:Aquatic
Identified by:J.D. Mancini