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Pontederia cordata (Pickerel Weed)

Synonyms: Narukila cordata; Narukila cordata lancifolia; Pontederia angustifolia; Pontederia cordata albiflora; Pontederia cordata angustifolia; Pontederia cordata bernardii; Pontederia cordata brasiliensis; Pontederia cordata lanceolata; Pontederia cordata lancifolia; Pontederia cordata latifolia; Pontederia cordata ovalis; Pontederia cordata taenia; Pontederia lanceolata; Pontederia lanceolata brasiliensis; Pontederia lanceolata ovalis; Pontederia lanceolata trullifolia; Pontederia lanceolata vichadensis; Pontederia lancifolia; Pontederia maculata; Pontederia mucronata; Pontederia nymphaeifolia; Pontederia obtusifolia; Pontederia ovalis; Pontederia rotundifolia nymphaeifolia; Sagittaria cerulea; Umsema mucronata; Umsema obtusifolia; Unisema acutifolia; Unisema cordata; Unisema cordata angustifolia; Unisema cordata latifolia; Unisema deltifolia; Unisema heterophylla; Unisema lancifolia; Unisema lancifolia trullifolia; Unisema latifolia; Unisema media; Unisema mucronata; Unisema obliquata; Unisema obtusifolia; Unisema peduncularis; Unisema purshiana; Unisema rotundifolia

Attributes

Height [1]  29 inches (0.75 m)
Width [1]  17 inches (0.45 m)
Edible [1]  May be edible. See the Plants For A Future link below for details.
Flower Type [1]  Hermaphrodite
Lifespan [1]  Perennial
Pollinators [1]  Bees
Structure [2]  Herb
View Plants For A Future Record : Pontederia cordata

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Map Climate Land Use
Acadia National Park II 35996 Maine, United States
Algonquin Provincial Park IV 1868802 Ontario, Canada
Blue Ridge Parkway National Parkway V 73611 North Carolina, Virginia, United States
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge VI 16363 Delaware, United States
Canaveral National Seashore II 9090 Florida, United States
Carolinian-South Atlantic Biosphere Reserve 310228 North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, United States      
Central Gulf Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 40530 United States  
Colonial National Historic Park National Historical Park V 9316 Virginia, United States
Desecheo National Wildlife Refuge   Puerto Rico, United States
Edwin S. George Reserve 1297 Michigan, United States
Everglades and Dry Tortugas Biosphere Reserve   Florida, United States  
George Washington Memorial Parkway V   Virginia, United States
Georgian Bay Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Hobcaw Barony (North Inlet) National Estuarine Research Reserve 7585 South Carolina, United States
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park V 1926 Alabama, United States
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore II 8272 Indiana, United States
Kejimkujik National Park II 94203 Nova Scotia, Canada
La Mauricie National Park II 131706 Quebec, Canada
Lacassine National Wildlife Refuge VI 28351 Louisiana, United States
Little St. Simons Island   Georgia, United States
Moores Creek National Battlefield III 100 North Carolina, United States
National Capital Region - East National Park   District of Columbia, United States
New River Gorge National River National River and Wild and Scenic Riverway V 55591 West Virginia, United States
Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Reserve 470167 Ontario, Canada  
Oconee National Forest Botanical Reserve 306 Georgia, United States  
Petersburg National Battlefield III 3338 Virginia, United States
Point Pelee National Park II 5764 Ontario, Canada
Río Pilcomayo National Park II 123699 Formosa, Argentina
Richmond National Battlefield Park III 1517 Virginia, United States
Rondeau Provincial Park II 5035 Ontario, Canada
Roosevelt Vanderbilt National Historic Site   New York, United States        
Saint Lawrence Islands National Park II   Ontario, Canada
Saratoga National Historical Park   New York, United States
South Atlantic Coastal Plain Biosphere Reserve 20317 South Carolina, United States  
Upper Miss. River Nat'l Wildlife Refuge National Wildlife Refuge VI 25823 Illinois, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States
Western Michigan University's Asylum Lake Preserve 274 Michigan, United States

Ecosystems

Predators

Apis mellifera (honey bee)[3]
Bellura gortynoides[4]
Bombus fervidus (Golden northern bumble bee)[3]
Odocoileus virginianus (white-tailed deer)[3]
Pyrrhia exprimens (Purple-lined Sallow)[4]
Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae (water lily aphid)[5]
Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)[3]
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)[3]
Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)[3]
Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)[3]
Cyprinus carpio (Common carp)[3]
Lymnaea stagnalis (swamp lymnaea)[3]
Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)[3]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Apis mellifera (honey bee)[3]
Eurymus philodice <Unverified Name>[6]
Florilegus condignus[6]

Consumers

Shelter for 
Aedes albopictus (forest day mosquito)[3]
Ambystoma maculatum (Spotted Salamander)[3]
Ameiurus natalis (Yellow bullhead)[3]
Anax junius (green darner)[3]
Anguilla rostrata (American eel)[3]
Aquarius remigis (Common water strider)[3]
Ardea herodias (Great Blue Heron)[3]
Calopteryx maculata (Ebony jewelwing)[3]
Castor canadensis (american beaver)[3]
Charadrius vociferus (Killdeer)[3]
Corydalus cornutus (dobsonfly)[3]
Daphnia ambigua (Water flea)[3]
Dolomedes triton (Six-spottedfishingspider)[3]
Etheostoma olmstedi (Tessellated darter)[3]
Euglena gracilis (Euglena)[3]
Gambusia holbrooki (Bore-drain fish)[3]
Geothlypis trichas (Common Yellowthroat)[3]
Hyalella azteca (Scud)[3]
Hypentelium nigricans (Northern hog sucker)[3]
Ictalurus punctatus (Channel catfish)[3]
Ischnura posita (Fragile forktail)[3]
Lampsilis radiata (eastern lampmussel)[3]
Libellula lydia (Common whitetail)[3]
Limnodrilus hoffmeisteri (Aquatic worm)[3]
Lithobates catesbeianus (American Bullfrog)[3]
Lithobates sphenocephalus sphenocephalus (Florida Leopard Frog)[3]
Macrobdella decora (Freshwater leech)[3]
Macrocyclops albidus (Copepod)[3]
Micropterus salmoides (Northern largemouth bass)[3]
Nerodia sipedon (Northern Water Snake)[3]
Notemigonus crysoleucas (Golden shiner minnow)[3]
Notophthalmus viridescens (Eastern Newt)[3]
Pomoxis nigromaculatus (Strawberry bass)[3]
Procotyla fluviatilis (Flatworm)[3]
Procyon lotor (Raccoon)[3]
Pseudacris crucifer (Spring Peeper)[3]
Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat)[3]
Semotilus atromaculatus (Horned dace)[3]
Aix sponsa (Wood Duck)[3]
Anas platyrhynchos (Mallard)[3]
Branta canadensis (Canada Goose)[3]
Chelydra serpentina (Common Snapping Turtle)[3]
Cyprinus carpio (Common carp)[3]
Lymnaea stagnalis (swamp lymnaea)[3]
Ondatra zibethicus (muskrat)[3]

Distribution

E. Canada to C. America, Cuba, Brazil to N. Argentina; E. Canada to N. Venezuela, Cuba, Brazil to N. Argentina; Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake;

External References

USDA Plant Profile

Photos

Citations

Species recognized by Govaerts R., 21-Jun-2005, WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families in Catalog of Life 2011
Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Plants For A Future licensed under a Creative Commons License ♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935 ♦ 3Study of Northern Virginia Ecology ♦ 4HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández ♦ 5Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants ♦ 6Robertson, C. Flowers and insects lists of visitors of four hundred and fifty three flowers. 1929. The Science Press Printing Company Lancaster, PA.
Protected Areas provided by Biological Inventories of the World's Protected Areas in cooperation between the Information Center for the Environment at the University of California, Davis and numerous collaborators. ♦ Edwin S. George Reserve, University of Michigan, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology ♦ Western Michigan University’s Asylum Lake
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