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LAND RESOURCES > Native plants > Aquatic plant pictures

Plant specimens for these photos were collected by Susan Knight with the UW-Madison Center for Limnology and WI DNR. The photographs of these plants were taken by Frank Koshere, WI DNR, in the summer of 2002.

For more information contact: Susan Knight / UW Trout Lake Station / 10810 County N / Boulder Junction, WI 54512 / < seknight@wisc.edu > and Frank Koshere / Water Resources Management Specialist / 1401 Tower Avenue / Superior, WI 54880 / 715-392-0807 / < koshef@dnr.state.wi.us >.

Braseria schreberi (Water shield)	Potamogeton epihydrus (Ribbon-leaf pondweed) pic 1 / pic 2
Ceratophyllum demersum (Coontail)	Potamogeton foliosus (Leafy pondweed)
Elatine minima (Waterwort)	Potamogeton friesii (Fries' pondweed)
Eleocharis acicularis (Needle spikerush)	Potamogeton gramineus (Variable pondweed; grassleaved pondweed)
Elodea canadensis (Common waterweed; Elodea)	Potamogeton illinoensis (Illinois pondweed) pic 1 / pic 2
Eriocaulon aquaticum (Pipewort)	Potamogeton natans (Floating-leaf pondweed)
Gratiola aurea (Golden-pert; golden hedge-hyssop)	Potamogeton obtusifolius (Blunt-leaf pondweed)
Isoetes sp. ( Quillwort)	Potamogeton praelongis (White-stem pondweed) pic 1 / pic 2
Juncus pelocarpus (Brown-fruited rush)	Potamogeton richardsonii (Clasping-leaf pondweed)
Lemna minor (Lesser duckweed)	Potamogeton robbinsii (Fern pondweed; Robbin's pondweed)
Lemna triscula (Forked duckweed)	Potamogeton spirillus (Spiral-fruited pondweed) pic 1 / pic 2
Lobelia dortmanna (Water lobelia)	Potamogeton vaseyi (Vasey's pondweed)
Myriophyllium verticillatum / M. alterniflorum / M. sibiricum (Native water milfoils side-by-side)	Potamogeton zosteriformis (Flat-stem pondweed)
Myriophyllium verticillatum / M. spicatum / M. sibiricum / M. farwellii (Water milfoils side-by-side)	Ranunculus aquatilis (White water crowfoot)
Bidens [Megalodonta] beckii (Water marigold)	Ranunculus flammula (Creeping spearwort)
Myriophyllum alterniflorum (Alternate-flowered water milfoil)	Sagitarria cineata (Arum-leaved arrowhead)
Myriophyllum farwellii (Farwell's water milfoil) pic 1 / pic 2	Schoenplectus [Scirpus] subterminalis (Water bulrush)
Myriophyllum sibiricum (Northern water milfoil)	Spirodela polyrrhiza (Giant duckweed; greater duckweed)
Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian water milfoil) pic 1 / pic 2	Stuckenia pectinata (Sago pondweed; comb pondweed)
Myriophyllum tenellum (Dwarf water milfoil)	Utricularia intermedia (Flat-leaf bladderwort) pic 1 / pic 2
Myriophyllum verticillatum (Whorled water milfoil)	Utricularia purpurea (Large purple bladderwort)
Najas flexilis (Slender naiad; bushy pondweed) pic 1 / pic 2	Utricularia vulgaris ( Common bladderwort; great bladderwort) pic 1 / pic 2 (turion)
Polygonum amphibium (Water smartweed; water knotweed)	Vallisneria americana (Water celery; eel-grass; tape-grass)
Potamogeton alpinus (Alpine pondweed)	Zosterella dubia (Water stargrass)
Potamogeton amplifolius (Large-leaf pondweed)

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