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Plant & Algae ID
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Algae
Planktonic Algae
Filamentous Algae
Starry Stonewort
Nitellaopsis obtusa
Nitella spp.
Chara spp.
Algae
Emergent Plants
Pickerelweed
Pontederia cordata
Bulrush
Scirpus spp
Arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia
Cattail
Typha latifolia
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Purple Loosestrife
Lythrum Salicaria
Phragmites
Phragmites australis
Emergents
Floating Plants
Bladderwort
Utricularia Foliosa
Duckweed
Lenaceae spp.
Watermeal
Wolffia spp.
Watershield
Brasenia
Schreberi
Spatterdock,
cow lily
Nuphar advena
White Waterlify
Nymphaea
odorata
Floating Plants
Submersed Plants
Carolina Fanwort
Cabomba caroliniana
Clasping-leaf Pondweed
Potamogeton richardsonii
American Pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus
Coontail
Ceratophyllum demersum
Eurasian Watermilfoil
Myriophyllum spicatum
Illinois Pondweed
Potamogeton illinoensis
Northern Watermilfoil
Myriophyllum sibiricum
Curly-leaf Pondweed
Potamogeton crispus
Elodea
Elodea canadensis
Flat-stem Pondweed
Potamogeton zosteriformis
Horned Pondweed
Zannichellia palustris
Large-leaf Pondweed
Potamogeton amplifolius
Naiad
Najas spp.
Variable-leaf Watermilfoil
Myriophyllum heterophyllum
Sago Pondweed
Stuckenia pectinata
Wild Celery
Vallisneria americana
Submersed Plants
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