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line drawing? photo?   Scientific Name Alternate Scientific Name Common Name Description source Family Family Source Formal Type graminoid? Persistence   Origin origin source Stems   Leaves   Flowers   Fruit   Roots   Height Class height source Fall Foliage Color Fall Foliage Color Note Growing Season Foliage Color Growing Season Foliage Color Note Flower Color Fruit Color Color Sour ce Pollination and Germination Pollination and Germination Description Pollination Source Flowering period flowering source fruiting period Wetland Indicator (National) indicator source habitat types habitat description habitat source Flooding Tolerance/Nontidal Regime (percent of growing season flooded or saturated) flooding tolerance source hydrologic zonation hydrologic zonation description Northeast (1) Southeast (2) North Central (3) North Plains (4) Central Plains (5) South Plains (6) Southwest (7) Intermountain (8) Northwest (9) California (0) Alaska Caribbean Area Hawaii range source light type light description light tol source salinity tolerance salinity source pH pH description pH source Drought tolerance drought source oil/grease oil/grease note oil/grease source metals tol metals note metals tolerance source wind/ice/snow tolerance wind/ice/snow note wind/ice/snow tol source insect/disease tolerance insect/disease note insect/disease source purification ability purification source wildlife value wildlife value note wildlife value source invasive potential invasive potential note   invasive source   2 4 6 7 8 9   10 11 12 13 17 16 21 22 23 Scientific Name
      Aquatics                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Aquatics
      Ceratophyllum demersum   Coontail, Hornwort free floating, submerged aquatic forming large masses 1 Ceratophyllaceae 21 free floating submerged aquatic   perennial 1 native 6 much branched and forming large masses 2 compound, toothed linear leaves (2/3 - 1 1/5 inches long, tow or three times divided, arranges in five to twelve whorls 2 minute flowers borne singly in leaf axils 2 fruit nutlet (achene) with two spines at base and one on top; rarely produced due to unpredictable pollination 6 lacks true roots; may be loosely anchored to sediment by pale modified leaves 6 submerged 1     green         water stamen of male plants float to water surface at maturity and discharge pollen, which, by chance, lands on the tiny female flowers; stem fragments with lateral buds develop into new plants 6, 4 May through September 2   OBL 15   inland lakes, slow-flowing streams, fresh tidal areas 1 regularly to permanently 4   drawdown zone to permanently flooded (1 to 5 feet; flooded for most of the growing season) OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL 15   shade   <0.5 1                                   BOD, nitrification, phosphate 13 birds, small mammals, fish food source (plants, seeds) for ducks, coots, geese, grebes, swans, marshbirds, shorebirds, gamebirds; food source (plants, seeds) for muskrat; provides cover for fish, shrimp 4     6     52 9 208-210           92 136 239, 355, (304)   55       Ceratophyllum demersum
      Elodea canadensis   Waterweed rooted submerged aquatic with floating leaves only, sometimes floating at surface in shallow water 1, 2 Hydrocharitaceae 12 rooted submerged aquatic   nonpersistent perennial 1 native 6 many-branched, often forming dense masses 2 elongate, sessile dark green leaves usually twice as long as wide (about 3/5 inch long and 1/5 wide), mostly drooping downward, with finely toothed margins, mostly arranged in whorls of threes 2 male and female flowers borne on stalks (pedicels) arising from tubular structure (spathe) in leaf axil, male stalks longer than female stalks 2 cylinder-shaped capsule 2 fibrous roots at rhizome nodes   submerged 4     dark green         water anthers on male flowers split, releasing pollen to fertilize female flowers; rhizome 6, 4 July to September 2   OBL 15   tidal fresh waters; inland waters, often calcareous; quiet ponds, bays, sloughs, sluggish streams or lakes 1 permanently 4   permanently flooded OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO OBL NO 15   full sun 7 <10 1 6.5 - 10   4                             BOD, nitrification, phosphate 13 birds, small mammals, fish, insects food source for Redhead duck; food source for beaver; habitat for small aquatic life; habitat for small aquatic life 4     4     62 10 130 sa       79 42   350, (299, 359   66       Elodea canadensis
      Lemna minor   Common, Little, or Smaller duckweed unrooted floating aquatic, often forms massive carpetlike beds on the water's surface 1, 2 Lemnaceae 12 free floating aquatic   nonpersistent perennial 1 native 3 none 2 leaflike structure (thallus) broadly oval-shaped, dark green above, purple below, with six to eighteen, usually seven, nerves 2 in pouches (rarely seen) 2 ovoid or ellipsoid, not winged, solitary seed 10 one rootlet per plant from the underside of the thallus 3 floating 1     green or yellowish green         insect wind water reproduces by budding; plants remain attached in small colonies of 2-8 3, 6 July to August 4   OBL 15   lakes and ponds, slow-flowing nontidal streams, fresh tidal waters 1 permanently 4   permanently flooded OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO OBL 15   part shade 3 <0.5 1               3     3               13 birds food source for pheasant gadwall, wood duck, Canada geese, teal 3     6     52 11 98-99   313     468   101 97, 239, 251, 310, 356   115       Lemna minor
      Nasturtium officinale   True watercress emergent aquatic with leafy, branched stems that mostly float in water or lie on mud 8 Cruciferae 12 emergent aquatic   nonpersistent perennial 1 naturalized; introduced from Europe and considered native by some botanists 6 creeping, up to 9 feet long, smooth, succulent 3 alternate; up to 7" long; succulent, divided into 3-9 oval leaflets; terminal leaflet largest 3 small , white, four-petaled flowers (5 mm wide) in slender clusters 3 slender pod (1 -2.5 cm long) containing coarsely textured seeds 6 spreading stems rooted to bottom at several points 6 creeping 3     bright green stems and foliage small white flowers       water-carried seed and stem fragments 6 April to October 4   OBL 15   springs or brooks, small ponds 1 semi-permanently to permanently flooded 4   drawdown zone to permanently flooded (2 in to 1 ft) OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL 15   part shade 3 <0.5 1                                       birds food source for waterfowl 4     4       12 86-87   245           239, 359           Nasturtium officinale
      Nelumbo lutea   Lotus, Sacred bean aquatic plant with fragrant, pale yellow flowers and bowl-shaped leaves borne on stalks above the water 8 Ceratophyllaceae 12 rooted floating aquatic   nonpersistent perennial 1 native 6 stalks up to 3 1/2 feet long attacked to center of rounded leaves, alternately arranges 2 simple, entire rounded leaves (up to 2 feet wide) 2 large, showy, many-petaled yellowish flowers (up to 10 inches wide) 2 many acorn-like nutlets (about 1/2 inch wide) borne in dark brown, cuplike fruit capsules (up to 4 inches wide) 2 fibrous roots at nodes of spongy rhizome 2 2' to 3' above water 1     matte green   large, showy, many-petaled yellowish flowers (up to 10 inches wide)   2   readily reproduces from seed; rhizome 4 June through September 2   OBL 15   slightly brackish and fresh tidal marshes and waters; ponds and backwaters 1 regularly to permanently flooded 4, 7   permanently flooded (1 to 5 ft) OBL OBL OBL NO OBL OBL NO NO NO NO NO NO NO 15   full sun 7 <0.5 1 acidic to neutral   7                                 birds food source (seeds) for waterfowl, marshbirds, songbirds 4     4     208 13 112 efw 215       94 136 239, 359, (246, 263, 304)   95       Nelumbo lutea
      Nymphaea odorata   Fragrant water lily, Pond lily, White water lily rooted aquatic with floating leaves 2 Nymphaeaceae 12 rooted floating aquatic   nonpersistent perennial 1 native 6 long purple to red stalks (petioles) attach leaves to rhizomes; flowers borne on a long stalk 2 roundish floating leaves (up to 10 inches wide) notched at base, green above and normally purplish below, 2 large, showy, fragrant white (rarely pink) flower (2-6 inches wide) with many petals (17-32) borne singly on a long stalk 2 seeds develop inside fleshy fruit below water surface 6 fibrous roots at nodes of elongate, branched rhizome 2 floats 1     dark green   large showy white (rarely pink) flowers   2   rhizome 4 April into October 2   OBL 15   fresh tidal waters, ponds and lakes 1 permanently 4, 7   permanently flooded (1 to 3 ft) OBL OBL OBL Y OBL OBL OBL OBL OBL NO NO OBL NO 15   full sun to part shade 7 <0.5 1 acidic to neutral   7                                 birds food source (seeds) for waterfowl 6           58 14 118-119 efw 255       92 138 239, 356, (245, 246)   105       Nymphaea odorata

Last Updated on 11/25/00
By Kathy Poole