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Emergent Plants


Emergent Plants are rooted plants often along the shoreline that stand above the surface o the water (cattails). The stems of emergent plants are somewhat stiff or firm.

If you know the plant name, click on Emergent Plant Index to see a list of the emergent plants. This list has the emergent plants listed in alphabetical order and by common name. If you would like to see pictures of many emergent plants, click on Visual Identification.

 

Emergent Plant Index

"" indicates Non-Native plants.
Alligator Weed
American Lotus
Arrowhead
Banana Lily (Floating Heart)
Blue Flag
Bulrush
Bull Tongue
Buttonbush
Cattail
Common Reed
Cow Lily (Spatterdock)
Dollar Bonnet (Water Shield)
Floating Heart (Banana Lily)
Fragrant Water Lily (White Water Lily)
Frog's-bit
Giant Reed
Horsetail
Lizard's Tail
Maidencane
Mexican Water Lily (Yellow Water Lily)
Pickerelweed
Sedges
Smartweed (Water Pepper)
Soft Rush
Southern Watergrass
Spatterdock (Cow Lily)
Spike Rush
Three-Square
Torpedograss
Waterleaf
Water Pennywort
Water Pepper (Smartweed)
Water Primrose
Water Shield (Dollar Bonnet)
White Water Lily (Fragrant Water Lily)
Willow
Yellow Water Lily (Mexican Water Lily)

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