Aquatic Plants

To help you identify what aquatic plants you have in your lake or pond, we have created the tools below. If you have a good close-up photo of your plant, our Reverse Image Search does the work for you. Simply upload your photo using the submission box below. Otherwise, consult our Aquatic Plant Digital Field Guide to determine what plant(s) you have based on observable characteristics.

Reverse Image Search Aquatic Plant Identifier



Aquatic Plant Identifier Digital Field Guide

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Free Floating Plants

Submersed Plants

Rooted Floating Plants

Emergent Plants

Water Color/Quality

Northern wild rice groups growing in shallow water.

Northern Wild Rice

Annual wild rice in a field.

Annual Wild Rice

Cluster of wild taro.

Wild Taro

Watercress over water.

Watercress

Close up of water wisteria in a group.

Water Wisteria

Water spinach in large group covering water.

Water Spinach

Water clover group floating on water.

Water Clover

Turtleweed in group in front of a lake.

Turtleweed

Close up of sweet flag flower.

Sweetflag

Spotted water hemlock in a forest.

Spotted Water Hemlock

Spikerush in a group.

Spikerush

Close up of smooth waterhyssop flowers and leaves.

Smooth Waterhyssop

Longroot smartweed along the water.

Longroot Smartweed (Water Smartweed)

Pennsylvania smartweed close up growing in a field.

Pennsylvania Smartweed

Close up of marshpepper smartweed flowers in a small group.

Marshpepper Smartweed

Swamp smartweed in a field.

Swamp Smartweed

Close up of salt grass leaves.

Salt Grass

Reed mannagrass in a field.

Reed Mannagrass

Reed canarygrass in a field.

Reed Canarygrass

Pond sedge in groups growing out of the water.

Pond Sedges