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SUBMERSED PLANTS
These plants are completely underwater and are generally rooted in the bottom sediment. If flowers exist, they may extend above the surface of the water. This group includes many introduced or exotic species that grow prolifically and are considered to be problematic. Theses include hydrilla, Brazilian elodea, slender pondweed, curly-leaf pondweed, slender naiad and Eurasian watermilfoil.
Hydrilla	Coontail	Curly-leaf Pondweed
Slender Pondweed	Naiad / Southern Naiad	Egeria / Brazilian Elodea
Elodia	Fanwort / Cabomba	Eurasian Watermilfoil
Bladderwort	Chara	Variable-leaf Watermilfoil

FLOATING PLANTS
These plants either float freely on the surface, deriving their nutrients directly from the water or they have leaves that float on the surface and are rooted in the bottom sediment. Examples include duckweed, watermeal, azolla, water hyacinth, and water-lily.
Duckweed	Watermeal	Salvinia / Water Fern
Azolla / Mosquito Fern	Variable-leaf / Pondweed	American / Longleaf Pondweed
Frog's Bit	Water Lettuce	Water Hyacinth
Watershield	Spatterdock	Fragrant Water Lilly
Floating Hearts

EMERGENT
These plants have most or all of their vegetative and flowering parts above the surface of the water or on the shoreline. They grow in shallow areas and banks of lakes, ponds, rivers and ditches. This group is also referred to as shoreline and wetland plants. Generally rigid, these plants do not need water for support. Many are not considered truly aquatic but can survive submerged in water or in saturated soils for extended periods of time. Plants in this category include cattails, alligatorweed, torpedograss, smartweed, purple loosestrife, arrowhead and pickerelweed.
Tape Grass / Vallisneria	Cattails	Arrowhead
Elephant Ear / Wild Tarro	Bog Moss	Pickerelweed
Lizard's Tail	Smartweed	Alligatorweed
Primroses	Water Primrose	(Water) Pennywort / Dollar Weed
Parrot-feather	Water Willow	Maidencane
Spikerushes	Bulrushes	Rushes

ALGAE
The algae are single-celled or multi-celled plants that lack true supporting or conducting tissues. Many species are commonly called pond scum, moss, or slime. The algae are separated into several groups: plantonic algae is composed of single cells or small colonies and are usually free-floating or suspended in the water column giving a green, brown or even sometimes red color to the water. Filamentous algae is a multi-cellular algae whose cells are attached end to end to form long threads. Macrophytic algae, such as chara and nitella, are larger, multi-branched algae mimicking underwater weeds.
Planktonic Algae	Filamentous Algae	Lyngbya
Chara	Euglena

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