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Geographic Range [top]
Range Description:
P. pusillus has an almost cosmopolitan distribution, from Europe through Russia east to eastern Russia, Japan and the Korean Peninsula, south through the Ryukyu Islands to Papua New Guinea, through Africa north and south of the Sahara and more or less throughout the Americas. The only places where it is absent are Australia, New Zealand and islands in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.
Countries occurrence:
Native:
Algeria; Argentina; Austria; Belarus; Belgium; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Botswana; Brazil; Bulgaria; Canada (Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Saskatchewan, Yukon); Cape Verde; Chile; China (Anhui, Fujian, Gansu, Hainan, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Ningxia, Qinghai, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Sichuan, Tibet [or Xizang], Xinjiang, Yunnan, Zhejiang); Congo, The Democratic Republic of the; Costa Rica (Costa Rica (mainland)); Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Ecuador (Ecuador (mainland)); Egypt; Eritrea; Estonia; Ethiopia; Finland; France (Corsica, France (mainland)); Germany; Greece (Greece (mainland)); Guatemala; Haiti; Honduras (Honduras (mainland)); Hong Kong; Hungary; Iceland; India; Iran, Islamic Republic of; Iraq; Ireland; Italy (Italy (mainland), Sardegna, Sicilia); Japan; Jersey; Kazakhstan; Kenya; Korea, Democratic Peoples Republic of; Korea, Republic of; Kyrgyzstan; Latvia; Libya; Lithuania; Macao; Malawi; Mauritania; Mexico; Mongolia; Morocco; Mozambique; Myanmar (Myanmar (mainland)); Namibia (Caprivi Strip, Namibia (main part)); Nepal; Netherlands; Nicaragua (Nicaragua (mainland)); Norway; Oman; Pakistan; Palestinian Territory, Occupied; Papua New Guinea; Peru; Philippines; Poland; Portugal (Azores, Madeira, Portugal (mainland)); Romania; Russian Federation (Altay, Buryatiya, Chita, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva, West Siberia, Yakutiya); Rwanda; Saudi Arabia; Somalia; Spain (Baleares, Canary Is., Spain (mainland)); Sudan; Swaziland; Sweden; Switzerland; Taiwan, Province of China; Tajikistan; Tanzania, United Republic of; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uganda; Ukraine (Krym, Ukraine (main part)); United Kingdom (Great Britain, Northern Ireland); United States (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming); Uruguay; Uzbekistan; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of; Yemen; Zambia; Zimbabwe
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Population [top]
Population:
This species is widespread and abundant throughout its known range. There is no detailed information available on population size.
Current Population Trend: Unknown
Additional data:
? Population severely fragmented: No
Habitat and Ecology [top]
Habitat and Ecology:
It occurs in standing or slow-flowing water in a wide range of habitats, including sheltered lakes and reservoirs, ponds, rivers, streams, canals and ditches.
Systems: Freshwater
Use and Trade [top]
Use and Trade: This plants has some medicinal properties.
Threats [top]
Major Threat(s):
There are no known past, ongoing, or future threats to this species
Conservation Actions [top]
Conservation Actions:
There are no conservation measures in place and none needed.
Citation: Zhuang, X. 2014. Potamogeton pusillus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T163982A63308406. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-2.RLTS.T163982A63308406.en. Downloaded on 17 November 2016.
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