$7.50
Sagittaria latifolia, Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Native Perennial Plugs, Native Wetland Plant Plugs
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Description
Sagittaria latifolia, Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Native Perennial Plugs, Native Wetland Plant Plugs
Aquatic animal habitat support:
Average Wildlife Value:
Clay Soil- High clay content, fine texture:
Flood Tolerant:
Full – Part Sun (6+ hours of sun):
Herbaceous Emergent:
Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay:
Native to Coastal Regions:
Native to Piedmont Regions:
OBL- Almost always occur in wetlands:
Occasionally wet soil (non tidal):
Perennial:
Pollinator support:
Saline tolerant:
Salt Tolerant: very low
Songbirds:
Threatened / Endangered:
Waterfowl:
Wet soil (Tidal):
Full Sun:
Botanic Name (s): Sagittaria latifolia
Common Name(s): Arrowhead, green arrowhead, duck potato
Mature height :.5-4ft
Bloom Time:July-September
Bloom color: White
Sun Exposure: Full Sun Part Sun
Soil moisture: Wet
Soil Ph:4.7-8.6
Soil Type: Clay Soil- High clay content, fine texture
Loamy Soil- mostly silt, sand, some clay
Flood depth:0-24″
Native Habitat: Fresh tidal and non tidal marshes, swamps, borders of lakes, streams and ponds
Notes: Flood Tolerant
Average Wildlife Value: Game Birds Small Mammals Waterfowl
OBL- Almost always occur in wetlands
Native to Coastal Regions
Native to Piedmont Regions
Threatened / Endangered: Illinois
Native Perennial
Native Herbaceous Emergent
Pollinator Support
Aquatic animal habitat support
Duck-potato or arrowhead is a colony-forming, aquatic perennial, rising above water level to a height of 3 ft. The long-petioled, emergent leaves are arrowhead shaped. Flowers have showy, white petals and are arranged in a whorled raceme. Arrow-shaped basal leaves surround a taller stalk with small white flowers in whorls of three at ends of short, whorled branches. Sap milky. This aquatic is closely related to Water Plantain. In mud, rhizomes produce starchy tubers, utilized by ducks and muskrats and known as “duck potatoes.” The plant was once an important source of food for Native Americans, and “Wapato” is one of the names given to it by the Cree. The genus name comes from sagitta, Latin for “arrow,” referring to the shape of the leaves of some species.
Benefit
Use Ornamental: Water garden, Bog or pond area
Use Wildlife: Arrowhead’s underground tubers are preferred by at least fifteen species of ducks and by snapping turtles.
Use Food: Beneath the muck, rhizomes produce edible starchy tubers, utilized by ducks and muskrats and known as duck potatoes.”” First Nations are said to have opened muskrat houses to get at their cache of roots. (Niering)”
Conspicuous Flowers: yes
Attracts: Birds
Value to Beneficial Insects
Sagittaria latifolia, Arrowhead, Duck Potato, Native Perennial Plugs, Native Wetland Plant Plugs
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