Plant Identification

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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