Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Potamogeton alpinus
Family
Potamogetonaceae
CommonName
alpine pondweed
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1983
LatestDate
2003
Ecosystem
aquatic, montane, subalpine
Geobotanical
SSanjuans
Counties
Conejos, Rio Grande
Passes
Elwood
WildlifePreserves
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Potamogeton alpinus has a fair number of collections from small lakes or ponds in the southern San Juans, but nowhere else in the Watershed. This pondweed extends only as far as Rio Arriba and Taos counties of New Mexico. It is scattered in the high elevations of all Western states, and across the northern fifth of the USA. As most Potamogeton species, it is probably under-collected in the Watershed.