List of Minnesota aquatic plants
Encyclopedia
Emergent plants
- BulrushBulrush-Wetland plants:* Bolboschoenus, a genus in the sedge family * Cyperus, a genus in the sedge family * Scirpus, a genus in the sedge family * Schoenoplectus, a genus in the sedge family...
es - Cattails
- Flowering rush Invasive aquatic plant
- Purple loosestrifePurple loosestrifeLythrum salicaria is a flowering plant belonging to the family Lythraceae, native to Europe, Asia, northwest Africa, and southeastern Australia. It should not be confused with other plants sharing the name loosestrife that are members of the family Primulaceae...
Invasive aquatic plant - Wild riceWild riceWild rice is four species of grasses forming the genus Zizania, and the grain which can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both North America and China...
Floating-leaf plants
- Duckweed and watermeal
- Spatterdock
- Swamp smartweed
- Watershield
- White water lily
- Yellow lotus
Submerged plants
- Broad-leaf pondweeds
- Bushy pondweeds and naiads
- Canada waterweed
- CoontailCeratophyllumCeratophyllum is a cosmopolitan genus of flowering plants, commonly found in ponds, marshes, and quiet streams in tropical and in temperate regions...
- Curly-leaf pondweedCurly-leaf pondweedPotamogeton crispus, the curly-leaf pondweed, is a species of aquatic plant native to Eurasia but perhaps better known as an introduced species and often a noxious weed in North America....
Invasive aquatic plant - Eurasian watermilfoil Invasive aquatic plant
- Narrow-leaf pondweeds
- Northern watermilfoil
- Wild celeryWild celeryWild celery is a plant in the family Hydrocharitaceae . Contrary to the implications of its name, wild celery bears little to no resemblance to the celery used as a vegetable. Wild celery grows under water and is consumed by various animals, including the canvasback...