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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)

Wildflowers

Blue Vervain (Verbana hastate)

Wetland Wildflowers: Not a true botanical category, these are the showier of the wetland plants.

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Marsh Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)

Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus)

Northern Blue Flag Iris, (Iris versicolor)

Spotted Joe-Pye-Weed, Eupatorium maculatum

Skunk Cabbage (Symplocasrpus foetidus)

Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum)

Jewel-weed (Impatiens capensis)

Stiff Cowbane (Oxypolis rigidior)

Pickerel-weed Pontederia cordata

Nodding Beggarticks (Bidens cernua)

Grass Pink (Calopogon tuberosus)

European Marsh Thistle (Cirsium palustre)

Round-leaved sundew (Drosera rotundifolia)

Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)

Flat-topped Goldenrod (Euthamia graminifolia)

Water Lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna)

Great water-dock (Rumex orbiculatus)

Pitcher Plant (Sarracenia purpurea)

Marsh St. John’s-wort (Triadenum fraseri)

Blue Vervain (Verbana hastate)

Smooth Ironweed (Vernonia fasciculata)

Common Cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium)

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) Flowers
Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) is a pretty emergent plant of lakes and wetlands with purple flowers and heart-shaped leaves.

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