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Aquatic Plants: Submergent, Emergent, Floating-leaf and Free-floating
Emergent Plants
Broadleaf Cattail (Typha latifolia)
Common Reed (Phragmites australis)
Creeping Spikerush Eleocharis palustris
Hardstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus acutus
Invasive Cattails (Typha angustifolia T. x glauca)
Pickerel-weed, Pontederia cordata
Softstem Bulrush Schoenoplectus validus
Stiff Arrowhead Sagittaria rigida
Threesquare Bulrush (Scirpus pungens)
Water Smartweed (Polygonum amphibium)
White Beak-Rush Rhynchospora alba
Wild Rice Zizania spp.
Floating-Leaf Plants
American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea): The Largest Flower in America
Longleaf Pondweed- Potamogeton nodosus
Spatterdock Nuphar advena: A Yellow Water-lily
Water-Shield (Brasenia schreberi)
White Water-lily (Nyphaea odorata)
Free-Floating Plants
Duckweed and Watermeal: The World’s Smallest Flowering Plants
Submergent Plants
Common Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris)
Common Waterweed (Elodea canadensis)
Coontail / Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Curlyleaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
Eurasian Water-milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)
Horned Pondweed Zannichellia palustris
Muskgrass (Chara spp.)
Northern Water milfoil Myriophyllum sibiricum
Sago Pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata)
Water Stargrass, Herteranthera dubia (Jacq.) MacMill
Wild Celery (Vallisneria americana): Food for Wildlife
Ferns, Mosses etc
Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris)
Royal Fern (Osmunda regalis)
Wildflowers
Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)
Common Cocklebur Xanthium strumarium
European Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)
Flat-topped Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)
Flowering Rush Butomus umbellatus
Grass Pink Calopogon tuberosus
Great water-dock (Rumex orbiculatus)
Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum)
Jewel-weed (Impatiens capensis): Cures that Itch
Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris): The First to Welcome Spring
Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata): A Blast of Color in Wetlands
Marsh St. Johnswort Triadenum fraseri
Nodding Beggarticks Bidens cernua
Northern Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor)
Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)
Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)
Round-leaved Sundew Drosera rotundifolia,
Skunk Cabbage (Symplocasrpus foetidus) A Flower With A Furnace
Smooth Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)
Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed (Eupatorium maculatum)
Stiff Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)
Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna)
Grasses and Grass-like Plants
Canada Bluejoint Grass (Calamagrostis canadensis)
Common or Giant Bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)
Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea): An Aggressive Invader
River Bulrush (Scirpus fluviatilis): Hiding Endangered Birds
Tussock Sedge (Carex stricta): A Mound Building Plant
Wool-grass (Scirpus cyprinus): Stands Above the Rest
Trees, Shrubs and Vines
American Basswood (Tilia americana): A Wood Carvers Dream
American Hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana A Small Tree that’s as Tough as Nails
Black Spruce (Picea mariana)
Bog Rosemary (Andromeda glaucophylla)
Eastern Cottonwood (Populus deltoides): The Tree That Makes Snow
Green Ash, Fraxinus pennsylvanica: Will it Soon be Endangered?
Leatherleaf (Chamaedaphne calyculata)
Northern White Cedar (Thuja occidentalis): The Tree of Life
Red Osier-Dogwood, Cornus stolonifera
Speckled Alder
Swamp-White Oak (Quercus bicolor)
Tamarack (Larix laricina)
Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)
White Meadowsweet (Spiraea alba): A Bit of White in The Green World
Wetland Indicator Status: How Wet Does a Plant Get
Wetland Plant Communities
Bogs
Calcareous Fen
Ephemeral ponds
Forested Swamps
Freshwater Marshes
Low Prairie
Seasonally Flooded Basins
Sedge Meadows
Shrub Swamps
Wet Meadow
Fox Wolf Winnebago
Habitat Loss
Lake Butte des Morts
Lake Poygan
Lake Winnebago
Lake Winneconne
Upper Fox River
Wolf River
Upland Plants
Bull Thistle (Cirsium vulgare)
Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca)
Compassplant (Silphium laciniatum)
Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pycnostachya)
Emergent Plants
Emergent plants: Foreground –
Wild Rice
, Background –
Hybrid Cattail
Emergent Plant Definition
Species Pages:
Canada Bluejoint Grass (
Calamagrostis canadensis
)
Tussock Sedge (
Carex stricta
)
Creeping Spikerush (
Eleocharis palustris
)
Reed Canarygrass (
Phalaris arundinacea
)
Common Reed (
Phragmites australis
)
Water Smartweed (
Polygonum amphibium
)
Pickerel-weed (
Pontederia cordata)
White Beak-Rush (
Rhynchospora alba
)
Stiff Arrowhead (
Sagittaria rigida)
River Bulrush (Scirpus fluviatilis)
Wool-grass (
Scirpus cyprinus
)
Threesquare Bulrush (Scirpus pungens)
Hardstem bulrush (
Schoenoplectus acutus
)
Softstem Bulrush (
Schoenoplectus validus)
Common or Giant Bur-reed (Sparganium eurycarpum)
Broadleaf Cattail (
Typha latifolia
)
Invasive Cattail Species Narrowleaf Cattail (
Typha angustifolia
) Hybrid Cattail (
Typha x glauca
)
Northern Wild Rice Zizania palustris Southern Wild Rice Zizania aquatic
Phragmites
Seed Heads
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