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Little River Water Plantain

Sagittaria secundifolia

Found in crevices in sandstone bedrock in streambeds. Weakley, Flora of the Southeastern United States (2025), South Central edition What its natural habitat tells you

65
Strong

Native to Alabama. How scores work Is it native here?

Profile 47%

Light
4 or more hours of direct sun
Soil moisture
Moist to wet
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Federally threatened. Excluded from routine garden suggestions. Consult conservation guidance before obtaining or planting this species. Plant caution source

Hidden from default planting suggestions. Wildlife value and native status remain unchanged.

At a glance

Not yet recorded · Height · Spread · Life cycle · Leaves · Bloom

This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.

Recorded in 4 Alabama counties.

Also found with this plant

Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Alabama. Shared habitat, not food. 138 animals.

All wildlife of Alabama

Ecological relationships

Who uses this plant?

What these records mean

8CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AL

Genus host records with ranges including AL · Sagittaria

  • Acronicta oblinitaSmeared Dagger
  • Argyrogramma verrucaGolden Looper
  • Bellura obliquaCattail Border Moth, Cattail Diver
  • Elophila icciusalisPondside Pyralid, Pondside Crambid
  • Elophila obliteralisWaterlily Leafcutter Moth
  • Parapoynx obscuralisObscure Pondweed Moth
  • Spodoptera latifasciaOrange-Striped Armyworm, Velvet Armyworm Moth
  • Bellura anoa
Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
11BeesSoutheastern regional records

Southeastern regional records · Sagittaria

Individual names are not available yet.

Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
11BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim

Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Sagittaria

  • Aix sponsaWood Duck
  • Anas platyrhynchosMallard
  • Anser caerulescensSnow Goose
  • Antigone canadensisSandhill Crane
  • Aythya affinisLesser Scaup
  • Aythya collarisRing-necked Duck
  • Aythya valisineriaCanvasback
  • Bucephala clangulaCommon Goldeneye
  • Fulica americanaAmerican Coot
  • Gallinula galeataCommon Gallinule
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  • Mareca americanaAmerican Wigeon
Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)

Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening

No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects

Growing and identification

Plant details

Family
ALISMATACEAE

Conservation status

Alabama rankS1
Global rankNot available
AL statusNot verified
Federal statusThreatened (US Fish and Wildlife Service)

Conservation source Federal status source: US Fish and Wildlife Service

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