[Pondweeds: The Genus Potamogeton in Mount AdamsCountry]

Alpine Pondweed, Northern Pondweed, Reddish Pondweed

Potamogeton alpinus

Synonyms: Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius, Potamogeton tenuifolius, Potamogegon tenuifolius var. subellipticus

Inflorescence of Alpine Pondweed, Northern Pondweed, Reddish Pondweed: Potamogeton alpinus (Synonyms: Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius, Potamogeton tenuifolius, Potamogegon tenuifolius var. subellipticus) - Alpine Pondweed, Northern Pondweed, Reddish Pondweed: Potamogeton alpinus (Synonyms: Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius, Potamogeton tenuifolius, Potamogegon tenuifolius var. subellipticus)

The photo at left shows a close-up of the inflorescence of alpine pondweed as seen in a small stream that runs through Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 6, 2008. The photo at right shows a close-up of the submerged stem leaves of alpine pondweed as seen in a small stream that runs through Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams.........September 6, 2008. The leaves of this species are all similar in shape.

Alpine Pondweed, Northern Pondweed, Reddish Pondweed: Potamogeton alpinus (Synonyms: Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius, Potamogeton tenuifolius, Potamogegon tenuifolius var. subellipticus) - Alpine Pondweed, Northern Pondweed, Reddish Pondweed: Potamogeton alpinus (Synonyms: Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius, Potamogeton tenuifolius, Potamogegon tenuifolius var. subellipticus)

The photo above shows a close-up of the inflorescence of alpine pondweed as seen in a small stream that runs through Swampy Meadows on the western slopes of Mt. Adams...........September 6, 2008.

Alpine Pondweed, Northern Pondweed, Reddish Pondweed: Potamogeton alpinus (Synonyms: Potamogeton alpinus ssp. tenuifolius, Potamogeton alpinus var. subellipticus, Potamogeton alpinus var. tenuifolius, Potamogeton tenuifolius, Potamogegon tenuifolius var. subellipticus)

Alpine pondweed growing in a stock pond with floating pondweed on Klickitat Wildlife Area lands near Grayback Mountain, Klickitat County, WA.....September 20, 2025.

Paul Slichter