Aquatic Plant Identification

Native Aquatic Plants

(Photo credit: Texas A&M Agrilife Extension at aquaplant.tamu.edu)

: American Lotus-Nelumbo lutea

: American pondweed-Potamogeton nodosus

: Arrowhead Sagittaria

: Baby pondweed-Potamogeton pedctinatus

: Banana Nymphoides aquatica

: Aladderwort Utricularia

: Blueflag Iris virginica

: Brittle naid- Najas marina

: Bulrush Scirpus

: Buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis

: Cattail Typha

: Common duckweed-Lemna minor

: Common reed-Phragmites australis

: Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum

: Elodea canadensis

: Fanwort Caboma Carolina

: Filamentous Algae

: Fragreant Water Lily Nymphaea Odorato

: Frogs-bit- Limnobium spongia

: Giant Duckweed- Spirodela polyrhiza

: Horsetail-Equisetum hyemale

: Illinois pondweed-Potamogeton illinoensis

: Lizards tail-Saururus cernuus

: Loating heart-Nymphoides aquatica

: Maidencane-Panicum hemitomon

: Mexican water lily-Nymphaea_mexicana

: Azolla caroliniana

: Pickerelweed-Pontederia cordata

: anacystis

: Sago pondweed-Potamogeton pectinatus

: Sedge Carex

: Smartweed-Polygonum hydropiperoides

: Soft rush-Juncus effusus

: Southern naiad-Najas guadalupensis

: Southern watergrass-Hydrochloa caroliniensis

: Spatterdock-Nuphar luteum

: Spike Rush-Eleocharis spp.

: Three square-Scirpus americanus

: Variable leaf pondweed-Potamogeton diversifolius

: Variable leaf watermilfoil-Myriophyllum heterophyllum

: Water willow-Justicia americana

: Water pennywort-Hydrocotyle spp.

: Water primrose-Ludwigia

: Water Shield-Brasenia schreberi

: Watermeal Wolffia

: Waterstargrass-Heteranthera dubia

: Widgeon grass-Ruppia maritima

: Willow-Salix nigra

Non Native Aquatic Plants

: Alligator weed-Alternanthera philoxeroides

: Common salvinia-Salvinia minima

: Curly leaf pondweed-Potamogeton crispus

: Egeria densa

: Eurasian Wtermilfoil Mriophyllum spicatum

: Giant reed-Arundo donax

: Giant salvinia-Salvinia molesta

: Hydrilla-Hydrilla verticillata

: Hygrophila-Hygrophila polysperma

: Parrotfeather-Myriophyllum aquaticum

: Torpedograss-Panicum repens

: Water hyacinth-Eichhoria crassipes

: Water lettuce-Pistia stratiotes