Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Oakes' Pondweed being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Potamogeton cheesemanii
- Potamogeton pulcher
- Potamogeton distinctus
- Potamogeton diversifolius
- Potamogeton polygonifolius
- Potamogeton natans
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Liliopsida
- Order
- Alismatales
- Family
- Potamogetonaceae
- Genus
- Potamogeton
- Species
- Potamogeton oakesianus
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