Floating Primrose
Floating primrose leaves emerge from the water’s surface and the plant blooms with five-petal yellow flowers.
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Parrot’s feather has feathered leaves that come above the water’s surface and can look like they are made of plastic.
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 MoreArrowhead
Arrowhead has large arrow–like leaves and white flowers.
Read MorePhragmites, Common Reed
Phragmites have round, hollow stems with a seed head at the end of the stem.
Read MoreCattails
Cattails are most easily identified by their brown, cylindrical flowers.
Read MoreBulrush
Bulrushes are long grass–like plants with brown spiky flowers that bloom in spring.
Read MoreWater Shield, Dollar Bonnet
Water shield’s floating leaves are smaller than lilies, green on the top and brown and slimy on the bottom; flowers are typically brownish.
Read MoreWater Lily, Lily Pad
Water lily is rooted with large round leaves that have a notch in them; it flowers in summer.
Read MoreWater Stargrass
Water stargrass has thin green leaves and small, yellow, star–shaped flowers.
Read MoreFrog’s Bit
Frog’s Bit is an emergent aquatic plant with round to heart-shaped leaves and white flowers.
Read MoreSpatterdock, Cow Lily
Spatterdock has large heart-shaped leaves that float on the water or stand up some and yellow flowers.
Read MoreBur Reed
Bur reed is a tall grass-like plant with distinctive prickly-looking flowers.
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