Wetland Quiz 2

All these plants are…

emergent

Equisetaceae

Horsetail family

Pontederiaceae

Pickerelweed Family

Typhaceae

Cattail family

Alismataceae

Water-plantain family

Polygonaceae

Knotweed family

Cyperaceae

Sedge family

Smooth horsetail

Equisetum laevigatum

Mud plantain

Heteranthera limosa

Broadleaf cattail

Typha latifolia

Narrowleaf cattail

Typha angustifolia

Broadleaf arrowhead

Sagittaria latifolia

Curly dock

Rumex crispus

Cottonsedge genus

Eriophorum

Mud plantain family

Pickerelweed

Broadleaf arrowhead family

Water-plantain family

Curly dock family

Knotweed family

Hardstem bulrush

Schoenoplectus acutus

Softstem bulrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Threesquare bulrush

Schoenoplectus pungens

Three-way sedge

Dulichium arundinaceum

Carex

Sedges

Cyperus

Flatsedges

Eleocharis

Spike-rushes

Poaceae, Grasses

Round, hollow stems, Nodes on stem

Cyperaceae, Sedges

Triangular stems, Stems not hollow, No nodes on stem

Juncaceae, Rushes

Round stems, Stems not hollow, No nodes on stem

Smooth horsetail

• type of fern

• around 1 m

• stems are hollow, jointed, and green

• no flowers or fruit

Mud plantain

• small around 1 inch wide

• leaves are oval

• white to purple blue flower

Cattails

• tall, perennial 2-3 m

• brown flower spike

• rhizomes

• broadleaf = reproductive parts are touching

Broadleaf Arrowhead

• small white flowers

• grow 1 m above water

• heterophylly

Curly dock

• small flowers

• papery sheath

• long tap roots

• 0.5-1.5 m tall

Cottonsedge

• plums of cottony white bristels

• 2 m tall

• long, slender stems and leaves

Bulrushes

• Sedge, NOT rush

• tiny leaves at base of stem

• in deeper water 1.5 m

• difference is the flowers of each, # of flower heads, and shape

Threesquare bulrush

• Sedge, not rush

• smaller plant

• triangular stem

Three-way sedge

• Shallower water

• round stems and hollow

• leaves in spirals of 3

Flatsedges

• Triangular

• long, thin leaves from base

• SEEDS WITHOUT PAPER SAC

Sedges

• round

• long thin leaves

• SEEDS IN PAPER SAC

Spike-rushes

• NOT RUSHES

• Smaller

• no leaves that are obvious

• round stems