Aquatic Plants (Macrophytes)

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<ul><li><p>Floating</p></li><li><p>Tiny front with one root</p></li><li><p>Lentic systems</p></li><li><p>Eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Floating

  • Tiny front with one root

  • Lentic systems

  • Eaten by waterfowl


Duckweed

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<ul><li><p>Floating</p></li><li><p>No roots</p></li><li><p>Lentic systems</p></li><li><p>Eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Floating

  • No roots

  • Lentic systems

  • Eaten by waterfowl


Watermeal

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<ul><li><p>Floating</p></li><li><p>Lentic systems</p></li><li><p>Small, reddish fern</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Floating

  • Lentic systems

  • Small, reddish fern


Water Fern

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<ul><li><p>Floating</p></li><li><p>Solitary, pale yellow flower</p></li><li><p>Large circular leaves</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Floating

  • Solitary, pale yellow flower

  • Large circular leaves


American Lotus

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<ul><li><p>Floating</p></li><li><p>Creeping roots with gelatinous coating</p></li><li><p>Lentic littoral areas</p></li><li><p>Eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Floating

  • Creeping roots with gelatinous coating

  • Lentic littoral areas

  • Eaten by waterfowl


Water shield

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<ul><li><p>Floating</p></li><li><p>Rodents eat roots</p></li><li><p>Ovate leaves</p></li><li><p>Solitary yellow flower</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Floating

  • Rodents eat roots

  • Ovate leaves

  • Solitary yellow flower


Cow lily

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<ul><li><p>Floating</p></li><li><p>Circular leaves</p></li><li><p>Solitary white flowers</p></li><li><p>Roots eaten by rodents</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Floating

  • Circular leaves

  • Solitary white flowers

  • Roots eaten by rodents


Water lily

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<ul><li><p>Submerged</p></li><li><p>Branched stems</p></li><li><p>No roots</p></li><li><p>Lentic systems</p></li><li><p>Eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Submerged

  • Branched stems

  • No roots

  • Lentic systems

  • Eaten by waterfowl


Coontail

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<ul><li><p>Submerged</p></li><li><p>Greenish-purple leaves</p></li><li><p>Lotic or lentic systems</p></li><li><p>Eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Submerged

  • Greenish-purple leaves

  • Lotic or lentic systems

  • Eaten by waterfowl


Bushy pondweed

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<ul><li><p>Submerged</p></li><li><p>Rootless</p></li><li><p>Threadlike leaves w/ bladders</p></li><li><p>Not a common food source</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Submerged

  • Rootless

  • Threadlike leaves w/ bladders

  • Not a common food source


Bladderwort

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<ul><li><p>Submerged</p></li><li><p>Floating underwater leaves</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by waterfowl</p></li><li><p>Seeds on cylindrical spikes extending above the water</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Submerged

  • Floating underwater leaves

  • Seeds eaten by waterfowl

  • Seeds on cylindrical spikes extending above the water


Pondweed

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<ul><li><p>Submerged</p></li><li><p>Leaves opposite or whorled</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by waterfowl</p></li><li><p>Floating leaves look different than submerged leaves</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Submerged

  • Leaves opposite or whorled

  • Seeds eaten by waterfowl

  • Floating leaves look different than submerged leaves


Fanwort

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<ul><li><p>Submerged</p></li><li><p>Ribbon-like leaves</p></li><li><p>Eaten by waterfowl</p></li><li><p>Located in swift-flowing streams</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Submerged

  • Ribbon-like leaves

  • Eaten by waterfowl

  • Located in swift-flowing streams


Eel-grass

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Fruit in terminal spikelet</p></li><li><p>Fruit eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Fruit in terminal spikelet

  • Fruit eaten by waterfowl


Bulrush

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Thickened, cylindrical seed spikes</p></li><li><p>Elongated, flat leaves up to 10ft tall</p></li><li><p>Not often used as a food source</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Thickened, cylindrical seed spikes

  • Elongated, flat leaves up to 10ft tall

  • Not often used as a food source


Cattail

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Dark-brown, scaly lance-shaped spikelet at tip</p></li><li><p>Eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Dark-brown, scaly lance-shaped spikelet at tip

  • Eaten by waterfowl


Spike rush

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Flowers grouped near tip of stem</p></li><li><p>Grown in clumps along the shoreline</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Flowers grouped near tip of stem

  • Grown in clumps along the shoreline

  • Seeds eaten by waterfowl


Soft rush

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Triangular stem</p></li><li><p>Large, brown seed heads on stem terminus</p></li><li><p>Grow solitary or in clumps of 2-6</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by rodents and birds</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Triangular stem

  • Large, brown seed heads on stem terminus

  • Grow solitary or in clumps of 2-6

  • Seeds eaten by rodents and birds


Flat sedge

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Ovate leaves</p></li><li><p>Blue/purple flowers on spikes</p></li><li><p>Lentic</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Ovate leaves

  • Blue/purple flowers on spikes

  • Lentic

  • Seeds eaten by waterfowl


Pickerel weed

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Floating in water or upraight on dry land</p></li><li><p>small yellow flower</p></li><li><p>lentic, can form mats</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Floating in water or upraight on dry land

  • small yellow flower

  • lentic, can form mats

  • Seeds eaten by waterfowl


Water primrose

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Arrowhead shaped leaves</p></li><li><p>Small white flowers in whorls</p></li><li><p>Shallow water areas</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Arrowhead shaped leaves

  • Small white flowers in whorls

  • Shallow water areas

  • Seeds eaten by waterfowl


Arrowhead

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<ul><li><p>Emergent</p></li><li><p>Sparse, thin leaves</p></li><li><p>Creeping rhizomes</p></li><li><p>Hairy stems with swollen nodes</p></li><li><p>Seeds eaten by birds and waterfowl</p></li></ul><p></p>

  • Emergent

  • Sparse, thin leaves

  • Creeping rhizomes

  • Hairy stems with swollen nodes

  • Seeds eaten by birds and waterfowl


Smartweed