Freshwater Organisms Flashcards
Bald cypress
Taxodium distichum
Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum
Water hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
Hydrilla
Hydrilla verticillate
Water pennywort/Dollarweed
genus Hydrocotlyle
Water primrose
genus Ludwigia
American lotus
Nelumbo lutea
Spatterdock
Nuphar advena
Fragrant water lily
Nymphaea odorata
Maidencane
Panicum hemitomon
Torpedograss
Panicum repens
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Bulrush
genus Scirpus
Cattail
genus Typha
Bladderwort
genus Utricularia
Eelgrass
Vallisneria americana
Sawgrass
Cladium jamaicenses
Duck potato
Sagittaria lancifolia
Water fern
genus Salvinia
Elephant ear
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
Alligator weed
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Scud
order Amphipoda
Shrimp
family Palaemonidae