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Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum demersum)

  • Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum Demersum) https://www.sagebud.com/coons-tail-ceratophyllum-demersum
    Credit: Totodilefan | Own work | License: PD
  • Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum Demersum) https://www.sagebud.com/coons-tail-ceratophyllum-demersum
    Credit: Totodilefan | Own work | License: PD USGS
  • Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum Demersum) https://www.sagebud.com/coons-tail-ceratophyllum-demersum
    Credit: Bernd Haynold | selbst fotografiert - own picture | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum Demersum) https://www.sagebud.com/coons-tail-ceratophyllum-demersum
    Credit: Bernd Haynold | selbst fotografiert - own picture | License: CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0 GFDL
  • Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum Demersum) https://www.sagebud.com/coons-tail-ceratophyllum-demersum
    Credit: Totodilefan | Own work | License: PD
  • Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum Demersum) https://www.sagebud.com/coons-tail-ceratophyllum-demersum
    Credit: Christian Fischer. | Own picture, made in north-eastern Lower Saxony, Germany. | License: CC-BY-SA-2.5
  • Coon's Tail (Ceratophyllum Demersum) https://www.sagebud.com/coons-tail-ceratophyllum-demersum
    Credit: Christian Fischer. | Own picture, made in north-eastern Lower Saxony, Germany. | License: PD Old
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Ceratophyllum Demersum, or more commonly know as Coon's Tail, is a forb/herb (a forb/herb is a non-woody plant that is not a grass) with gray-green foliage and blue flowers of the genus Ceratophyllum. It has a rapid growth rate and a height of 0 feet at maturity. Its duration is perennial which means it will grow year after year. It's active growth period is summer, blooms during summer and is somewhat tolerant of shade. Ceratophyllum Demersum or Coon's Tail's floral region is North America US Lower 48, Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico and The Virgin Islands, specifically in the states of Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, North Carolina, North Dakota, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and Wyoming.

  • Category: Dicot
  • Genus: Ceratophyllum
  • Family: Ceratophyllaceae
  • Order: Nymphaeales
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Duration: Perennial
  • Growth Habit: Forb/herb
  • Native Status: L48 (N) AK (N) HI (I) PR (N) VI (N) CAN (N)
  • National Wetland Indicator Status: OBL
  • Regional Wetland Indicator Status: 1(OBL) 2(OBL) 3(OBL) 4(OBL) 5(OBL) 6(OBL) 7(OBL) 8(OBL) 9(OBL) 0(OBL) A(OBL) C(OBL) H(OBL)
  • Active Growth Period: Summer
  • After Harvest Regrowth Rate: Slow
  • Allelopath: No
  • Bloat: None
  • Coppice Potential: No
  • Fall Conspicuous: No
  • Fire Resistance: Yes
  • Flower Color: Blue
  • Flower Conspicuous: No
  • Foliage Color: Gray-Green
  • Foliage Porosity Summer: Porous
  • Foliage Porosity Winter: Porous
  • Foliage Texture: Fine
  • Fruit/Seed Color: White
  • Fruit/Seed Conspicuous: No
  • Growth Form: Multiple Stem
  • Growth Rate: Rapid
  • Height Mature (feet): 0
  • Leaf Retention: No
  • Lifespan: Moderate
  • Low Growing Grass: No
  • Resprout Ability: No
  • Shape and Orientation: Prostrate
  • Toxicity: None
  • Adapted to Coarse Textured Soils: Yes
  • Adapted to Fine Textured Soils: Yes
  • Adapted to Medium Textured Soils: Yes
  • Anaerobic Tolerance: High
  • CaCO3 Tolerance: High
  • Cold Stratification Required: No
  • Drought Tolerance: None
  • Fertility Requirement: Medium
  • Frost Free Days Minimum: 110
  • Hedge Tolerance: None
  • Moisture Use: High
  • pH (Minimum): 6.2
  • pH (Maximum): 8.3
  • Planting Density per Acre Minimum: 3450
  • Planting Density per Acre Maximum: 7000
  • Precipitation (Minimum): 10
  • Precipitation (Maximum): 55
  • Root Depth Minimum (inches): 0
  • Salinity Tolerance: None
  • Shade Tolerance: Intermediate
  • Temperature Minimum (°F): -38
  • Bloom Period: Summer
  • Commercial Availability: Routinely Available
  • Fruit/Seed Abundance: Low
  • Fruit/Seed Period Begin: Summer
  • Fruit/Seed Period End: Fall
  • Fruit/Seed Persistence: No
  • Propagated by Bare Root: No
  • Propagated by Bulbs: No
  • Propagated by Container: No
  • Propagated by Corms: No
  • Propagated by Cuttings: No
  • Propagated by Seed: Yes
  • Propagated by Sod: No
  • Propagated by Sprigs: Yes
  • Propagated by Tubers: No
  • Seed per Pound: 165000
  • Seed Spread Rate: Rapid
  • Seedling Vigor: High
  • Small Grain: No
  • Vegetative Spread Rate: Rapid





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