Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center

American Wildcelery (Vallisneria americana):
Ecological Considerations for Restoration

Tables and Figures


Table 1. Annotations on the distribution of Vallisneria americana

Location Source Page Annotation
New England Crow and Helquist 1982 13 Shows distribution in six States
Maine Seymour 1960a 53 Occasional; ponds and rivers with muddy or sandy bottoms in Oxford, Kennebec, and Androscoggin Counties
Bean et al. 1948 9 Found in Penobscot, Somerset, Oxford, Washington, Waldo, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc, Kennebec, and York Counties
Vermount Seymour 1969b 44 Occasional in ponds and rivers of Franklin, Chittenden, Groton, Addison, and Rutland Counties
New Hampshire Seymour 1960a 53 Occasional; ponds and rivers with muddy or sandy bottoms in Coos County
Massachussetts Seymour 1960a 53 Occasional; ponds and rivers with muddy or sandy bottoms in Essex, Middlesex, Bristol, and Hampden Counties
Conneticut Seymour 1960a 53 Occasional; ponds and rivers with muddy or sandy bottoms in New London, Hartford, and Litchfield Counties
Delaware Tatnall 1946 17 Common in ponds and slow streams of the Coastal Plain
Pennsylvania Wherry et al. 1979 26 Shows state distribution
New York Ogden 1974 13 Quiet water ponds and slow streams, usually with muddy or sand and coarse silt bottoms
41 Shows State distribution
Rhode Island Seymour 1960a 53 Occasional; ponds and rivers with muddy or sandy bottoms in Little Compton and South Kingston
Maryland Haramis and Carter 1983 Distribution in the tidal Potomac River
Virginia Massey 1961 22 Found in quiet waters of Accomac, Arlington, Northhampton, and Princess Ann Counties
West Virginia Strausbaugh and Core 1970 64 Found in the Cacapon, Gauley, Greenbriar, Little Kanawha, and Ohio rivers and other streams and springs of the State (Calhoun, Greenbriar, Hampshire, Hardy, Marion, Monogalia, Ohio, Pocahontas, Summers, Tucker, and Webster Counties)
North Carolina Beal 1977 72 Infrequent in lakes, streams, and sounds of the Coastal Plain
Radford et al. 1968 56 Shows State distribution
South Carolina Radford et al. 1968 56 Shows State distribution
Florida Godfrey and Wooten 1979 74 Found in many of the large springs and spring-fed streams in which the water is cool and remains at very nearly a constant temperature (about 21 degrees C) throughout the year
Burkhalter et al. 1973 63 Thrives in many spring-fed streams throughout Florida
Louisiana Chabreck and Condrey 1979 106 Locally abundant in bayous, ponds, lakes with salinities ranging from fresh to brackish
Mississippi Jones 1974 366 Found in freshwater streams near the coast that may be brackish at high tides
368 Shows State distribution
Kentucky Braun 1943 - Found in Kentucky River
Tennesee Sharp et al. (n.d.) 2 Found in water bodies of valleys of East Tennessee and the Cumberland Plateau
Indiana Dean 1940 92 Infrequent to common in the lakes of the area; shows State distribution
Ohio Cooperrider 1982 41 Found in shallow to deep quiet water pools, lakes, and rivers; bays of western Lake Erie, northeast, and scattered elsewhere
Braun 1967 60 Shows State distribution
Upper Mississippi River Minor et al. 1977 T2-11 Distribution on photomaps of Navigation Pools 2-10
Hagen et al. 1977 T2-27 Distribution on photomaps of Navigation Pools 11-26
Mohlenbrock 1983 221 Distribution rccords for counties bordering the Upper Mississippi River in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, and Missouri
Illinois Mohlenbrock and Ladd 1978 - Shows State distribution
Winterringer and Lopinot 1977 106 Adds to citation above
Ladd and Mohlenbrock 1983 18 Distributed in northern part of the State
Missouri Steyemark 1975 67 Found mostly in streams (Meramec, Gasconade, Black, and Current river drainage of the Ozarks); locally introduced north of the Missouri River in Boone County
Iowa Beal and Monson 1954 26 Shows State distribution
Crum and Bachman 1973 152 Table showing abundance in northwestern Iowa lakes
Lammers and Van DerValk 1979 141 Shows State distribution
Michigan Vos 1972 106 Shows State distribution
Schlosser and Manny 1982 - Distribution in the St. Clair-Detroit River
Wisconsin T. Cochrane (personal communication) Shows State distribution
Wisconsin Zimmerman 1953 12 Distribution in selcted lakes
Minnesota Game Lake Survey, Minn. Dep. Nat. Resour. (unpublished) - Distribution in game lakes
Ownbey and Morley (personal communication) - Shows State distribution
Moyle and Hotchkiss 1945 42 Common in lakes and larger streams throughout the State except in the southwest and extreme west
North Dakota Stevens 1963 52 Only record is from Wood Lake, Benson County
Texas Correll and Johnston 1970 102 In lakes and beds of flowing streams, rare in the eastern half of State
Arizona Correll and Correll 1975 161 Recently discovered in Maricopa County
New Mexico Martin and Hutchins 1981 95 Shows State distribution
Correll and Correll 1975 161 Found in Rio Arriba County
Washington Hitchcock et al. 1977 153 Introduced in Dry Fall Coulee (Grant County) and Lakes Washington, Terrell, Shaver, and Hicks
Manitoba Scoggan 1978 217 Found north to Elphinstone about 80 km northwest of Brandon
Ontario Scoggan 1978 217 Found north to Lakes Nipigon and Abitibi
Quebec Scoggan 1978 217 Found north to Lake Timiskaming and the Quebec City District
New Brunswick Scoggan 1978 217 Found near St. John

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