Freshwater Plants Identification Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering required plant taxa, common names, families, and division classifications for the plant identification quiz.

Chara sp.

Muskgrass

Fissidens sp.

Fork moss

Riccia fluitans

Slender riccia

Equisetum sp.

Horsetail

Sagittaria latifolia

Common arrowhead

Bidens cernua

Nodding beggarticks

Ceratophyllum demersum

Coontail

Cyperus sp.

Flat sedge

Eleocharis sp.

Spikerush

Schoenoplectus americanus

Three-square bulrush

Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani

Softstem bulrush

Lemna minor

Lesser duckweed

Wolffia sp.

Watermeal

Utricularia vulgaris

Common bladderwort

Panicum virgatum

Switchgrass

Phalaris arundinacea

Reed canary grass

Persicaria amphibium

Water smartweed

Potamogeton nodosus

Longleaf pondweed

Stuckenia pectinata

Sago pondweed

Salix interior

Sandbar willow

Typha sp.

Cattail