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  1. Life
  2. Plants
  3. Vascular Plants
  4. Monocots
  5. Aroids, Water Plantains, Seagrass, and Allies
  6. Pondweed Family
  7. Pondweeds
  8. Bluntleaf Pondweed

species 353 observations

Bluntleaf Pondweed

Potamogeton obtusifolius

Status
native
Traits
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supports All

19 native animals
supported in the US
  • Caterpillars Moths and butterflies raised on it Waterlily Leafcutter Moth, Pondside Crambid Moth, Obscure Pondweed Moth, Floating-heart Waterlily Moth 4
  • Plant eaters Animals that feed on it Waterlily Aphid, Green-winged Teal, Common Goldeneye, Tufted Duck 15

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

Key traits

Layer
Herbaceous plants
Plant type
Perennial Wildflower

From USDA PLANTS.

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