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§1 Plant

Ceratophyllum demersum L.

vernacular coon's tail — species · Ceratophyllaceae

USDA
CEDE4
GBIF
2882398
Rank
species
coon's tail (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Platephotograph · chiuluanCC BY source · iNaturalist ↗

§2Habit & range

Habit and range

Growth habit
Forb/herb
Duration
Perennial
Group
Dicot
Family
Ceratophyllaceae Gray
Genus
Ceratophyllum
§2a

Native status, by region

  • AK Alaska Native
  • CAN Canada Native
  • HI Hawaii Introduced
  • L48 Lower 48 States Native
  • PR Puerto Rico Native
  • VI U.S. Virgin Islands Native
§2b

County-level range

· 1,034 counties across 49 states/territories
Legend Native · 1032 Introduced · 2 Both · 0 Hover a county for detail.

§3Cultivation specs · USDA

Recorded by the USDA Plant Materials Program.

§3a

Tolerances

Drought
None
Shade
Medium
Moisture use
High
Salinity
None
Anaerobic
High
CaCO₃
High
Hedging
None
§3b

Climate & soil

Cold tolerance
-38 °F minimum
Frost-free days
110 min.
Precipitation
10–55 in/yr
pH range
6–8.6
Root depth
0 in min.
Fertility need
Medium
Soil texture
coarse, medium, fine
§3c

Form & growth

Growth form
Multiple Stem
Growth rate
Rapid
Lifespan
Moderate
Foliage texture
Fine
Foliage colour
Gray-Green
Porosity (summer)
Porous
Porosity (winter)
Porous
Flower colour
Blue
Fruit colour
White
Fire resistant
Yes
N fixation
None
Toxicity
None
§3d

Reproduction

Bloom period
Summer
Seed abundance
Low
Seed begins
Summer
Seed ends
Fall
Spread rate
Rapid
Stratify
No
Seeds / lb
165,000
Propagation
seed, sprigs
§3e

Use & availability

Commercial availability
Routinely Available
Nursery stock
No
Graze palatability
Low
Palatable, human
No
Lumber
No
Christmas tree
No

§4Counties, by state

Recorded in 1,034 counties across 49 states/territories.

Alabama view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Alaska view state ↗ 3 N ▾
Arizona view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Arkansas view state ↗ 21 N ▾
California view state ↗ 33 N ▾
Colorado view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Delaware view state ↗ 2 N ▾
District of Columbia view state ↗ 1 N ▾
Florida view state ↗ 28 N ▾
Georgia view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Hawaii view state ↗ 2 I ▾
Idaho view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Illinois view state ↗ 79 N ▾
Indiana view state ↗ 31 N ▾
Iowa view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Kansas view state ↗ 46 N ▾
Kentucky view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Louisiana view state ↗ 54 N ▾
Maine view state ↗ 9 N ▾
Massachusetts view state ↗ 13 N ▾
Michigan view state ↗ 53 N ▾
Minnesota view state ↗ 52 N ▾
Mississippi view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Missouri view state ↗ 47 N ▾
Montana view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Nebraska view state ↗ 39 N ▾
Nevada view state ↗ 7 N ▾
New Hampshire view state ↗ 5 N ▾
New Jersey view state ↗ 17 N ▾
New Mexico view state ↗ 2 N ▾
New York view state ↗ 32 N ▾
North Carolina view state ↗ 13 N ▾
North Dakota view state ↗ 34 N ▾
Ohio view state ↗ 35 N ▾
Oklahoma view state ↗ 10 N ▾
Oregon view state ↗ 17 N ▾
Pennsylvania view state ↗ 30 N ▾
Rhode Island view state ↗ 2 N ▾
South Carolina view state ↗ 4 N ▾
South Dakota view state ↗ 11 N ▾
Tennessee view state ↗ 20 N ▾
Texas view state ↗ 48 N ▾
Utah view state ↗ 14 N ▾
Vermont view state ↗ 8 N ▾
Virginia view state ↗ 24 N ▾
Washington view state ↗ 17 N ▾
West Virginia view state ↗ 7 N ▾
Wisconsin view state ↗ 63 N ▾
Wyoming view state ↗ 7 N ▾

§5Sources & provenance

USDA PLANTS

Symbol, taxonomy, distribution, cultivation specs, native status. Public domain.

plants.usda.gov/CEDE4 ↗

GBIF Backbone

Canonical taxonomic identity, synonym resolution, cross-refs. CC0.

gbif.org/species/2882398 ↗

Record version

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