Single Record

Participant Info

Species
Potamogeton pusillus [Potamogeton berchtoldii]
Family
Potamogetonaceae
CommonName
small pondweed
Presence
YES
Status
native
EarliestDate
1896
LatestDate
2013
Ecosystem
aquatic, basin, montane
Geobotanical
SSanjuans, UBasin
Counties
Alamosa, Conejos, Mineral
Passes
WildlifePreserves
San Luis Lakes
Other Localities
Comments
NEED IN SITU PHOTOS. Potamogeton pusillus has five locations in the Watershed: banks of Rio Grande near Alamosa (1896); San Luis Lakes (1991); Ruybalid lake, west of Mogotes (1988); Zapata ranch, south of the Great Sand Dunes (1991); Humphrey’s ranch south of Creede (2013). This world-wide pondweed has locations scattered through every state of the USA. It is present in the Rio Grande drainage through New Mexico and Texas down to the Gulf of Mexico. In the Watershed, as with many pondweeds, it is probably under-collected.