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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)

Submergent Plants

Submergent Plants
A mass of submergent aquatic plants: Coontail, Common Waterweed, Pondweeds, and even some Chara algae

Click for Description of Submergent Plants

Species Pages:

Coontail or Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)

Muskgrass (Chara spp.)

Common Waterweed (Elodea canadensis) 

Water Stargrass, (Herteranthera dubia)

Eurasian Water-milfoil (Miriophyllum spicatum) Invasive

Curlyleaf Pondweed (Potamogeton crispus) Invasive

Sago Pondweed (Stuckenia pectinata) High Wildlife Value

Horned Bladderwort (Utricularia cornuta)

Wild Celery (Vallisneria americana) High Wildlife Value

Horned Pondweed (Zannichellia palustris)

Common Bladderwort (Utricularia vulgaris)

Submergent Plants
Submergent plant with a damselfly nymph.

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