Water Spinach
Water spinach is a trailing vine with milky sap. Alternate leaves are usually arrowhead shaped and grow to seven inches long with pointed tips.
Read MoreSpotted Water Hemlock
Clusters of tiny white flowers grow atop this poisonous plant. Spotted water hemlock grows two to six feet tall and has compound leaves.
Read MoreSmooth Waterhyssop
Smooth waterhyssop has many branches with bright green leaves that are succulent and thick. Small white flowers can be tinged with blue or pink.
Read MoreLongroot Smartweed (Water Smartweed)
Longroot smartweed, or water smartweed, has sword shaped leaves up to five inches long and tiny rose pink flowers atop a spike. It grows on land or in water.
Read MorePennsylvania Smartweed
Pennsylvania smartweed has sword shaped leaves and small flowers that grow in clusters at the ends of branches. Flowers are rose to white in color.
Read MoreMarshpepper Smartweed
Marshpepper smartweed has dark green sword shaped leaves and flower spikes that droop. The tiny flowers are spaced out and typically green to white.
Read MoreReed Canarygrass
Reed canarygrass has tall round stems with alternate leaves that are tapered. Straw colored seed heads grow at the tops of the stems.
Read MoreMud Plantain
Mud plantain’s stems and leaves emerge; leaves are sword or egg shaped and leathery. Flowers have five thin petals and are usually purplish blue.
Read MoreMarsh Dewflower
Marsh dewflower has round stems, lance shaped leaves, and flowers with three petals that are pinkish purple on the edges and white in the center.
Read MoreFlowering Rush
Flowering rush can be submersed or emersed and has round stems that can grow up to four feet tall. Clusters of pink flowers grow on a single stalk.
Read MoreBlue Waterleaf
Blue waterleaf has thick stems that grow up to three feet tall and have spines on them. Bright blue to purple flowers have five petals. Leaves are pointy.
Read MoreBlue Flag
Blue flag has long narrow green leaves that arch and show blue or indigo flowers.
Read MoreAsian Marshweed
Asian marshweed has frilly submersed leaves, oval emersed leaves, and small lavender flowers with an upper lip.
Read MoreAquatic Forget Me Not
Aquatic forget me not has lance shaped leaves and pale blue flowers that have five petals each and a yellow center.
Read MoreAmerican Water Willow
American water willow has round stems and alternate sword shaped leaves. Flowers have four petals that are violet or white; the bottom one has pink spots.
Read MorePurple Loosestrife
Purple Loosestrife has woody, square stems with purple flowers at the ends.
Read MorePickerelweed
Pickerelweed has elongated heart shaped leaves with violet blue flowers.
Read MorePhragmites
Phragmites have round, hollow stems with a seed head at the end of the stem.
Read MoreWatershield
Watershield’s floating leaves are smaller than lilies, green on the top and brown and slimy on the bottom; flowers are typically brownish.
Read MoreWater Hyacinth
Water Hyacinth has spongy green leaves and purple flowers above the water.
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