Plant Species

Need assistance with wildlife and fish management on your ranch, backyard, or pond? Simply call your local County Extension Agent.

Aquatic vegetation management can be a perplexing problem. The first part of that problem is proper identification. Management of most aquatic plant species depends on properly identifying the desirable or nuisance plant. Many ponds have more than one type of aquatic plant, and care must be taken to identify all the aquatic plants inhabiting the pond. Some pond plants may be beneficial to local or migratory wildlife, and therefore, may want to be encouraged or at least not eliminated.

-AquaPlant, http://aquaplant.tamu.edu

Alligator Weed [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Alligator Weed UF/IFAS – Alligator Weed	American Lotus	Aquaplant – American Lotus UF/IFAS – American Lotus
American Pondweed	Aquaplant – American Pondweed UF/IFAS – American pondweed, Long leaf pondweed	Arrowhead (Bull Tongue)	Aquaplant – Arrowhead, Bull Tongue
Baby Pondweed	Aquaplant – Baby Pondweed	Banana Lily (Floating Heart)	Aquaplant – Banana Lily, Floating Heart UF/IFAS – Banana lily
Bladderwort	Aquaplant – Bladderwort UF/IFAS – Bladderwort	Blue Flag	Aquaplant – Blue Flag UF/IFAS – Blue Flag
Brittle Naiad	Aquaplant – Brittle Naiad, Marine Naiad	Bulrush	Aquaplant – Bulrush UF/IFAS – Bulrushes
Bushy Pondweed (Southern Naiad)	Aquaplant – Southern Naiad, Bushy Pondweed UF/IFAS – Southern Naiad	Buttonbush	Aquaplant – Southern Naiad, Bushy Pondweed UF/IFAS – Southern Naiad
Cabomba (Fanwort)	Aquaplant – Fanwort, Cabomba UF/IFAS – Fanwort	Cattail	Aquaplant – Cattail UF/IFAS – Cat-tails
Chara (Muskgrass)	Aquaplant – Muskgrass, Chara UF/IFAS – Muskgrass	Chinese Tallow (Popcorn Tree) [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Chinese Tallow (Popcorn Tree) UF/IFAS – Chinese Tallow
Common Duckweed	Aquaplant – Common Duckweed UF/IFAS – Florida’s Native Duckweeds	Common Reed	Aquaplant – Common Reed UF/IFAS – Common reed
Common Salvinia [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Common Salvinia	Coontail	Aquaplant – Coontail UF/IFAS – Coontail
Cow Lily (Spatterdock)	Aquaplant – Spatterdock, Cow Lily UF/IFAS – Spatterdock, cow lily	Curly-Leafed Pondweed [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Curly-Leafed Pondweed UF/IFAS – Curly pondweed
Dollar Bonnet (Water Shield)	Aquaplant – Water Shield, Dollar Bonnet UF/IFAS – Watershield	Eelgrass	Aquaplant – Eelgrass UF/IFAS – Eel grass, tape grass
Egeria [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Egeria	Elodea	Aquaplant – Elodea UF/IFAS – Elodea
Eurasian Watermilfoil [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Eurasian Watermilfoil UF/IFAS – Eurasian water-milfoil	Filamentous Algae	Aquaplant – Filamentous Algae
Fragrant Water Lily (White Water Lily)	Aquaplant – White Water Lily, Fragrant Water Lily UF/IFAS – Fragrant waterlily	Frog’s-Bit	Aquaplant – Frog’s-Bit UF/IFAS – Frog’s Bit
Giant Duckweed	Aquaplant – Giant Duckweed UF/IFAS – Giant duckweed	Giant Reed [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Giant Reed UF/IFAS – Giant Reed
Giant Salvinia [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Giant Salvinia UF/IFAS – Giant salvinia	Golden Algae	Aquaplant – Golden Algae
Horsetail	Aquaplant – Horsetail	Hydrilla [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Hydrilla UF/IFAS – Hydrilla
Hygro, Miramar weed or East Indian hygrophilia [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Hygro, Miramar weed, or East Indian hygrophilia UF/IFAS – East Indian hygrophila	Illinois Pondweed	Aquaplant – Illinois Pondweed UF/IFAS – Illinois pondweed
Lizard’s Tail	Aquaplant – Lizard’s Tail UF/IFAS – Lizard’s-tail	Maidencane	Aquaplant – Maidencane UF/IFAS – Maidencane
Mexican Water Lily (Yellow Water Lily)	Aquaplant – Yellow Water Lily, Mexican Water Lily UF/IFAS – Yellow water lily	Mosquito Fern	Aquaplant – Mosquito Fern, Azolla UF/IFAS – Mosquito fern
Nitella	Aquaplant – Nitella	Parrotfeather [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Parrot’s-feather UF/IFAS – Parrot feather
Pickerelweed	Aquaplant – Pickerelweed UF/IFAS – Pickerelweed	Planktonic Algae	Aquaplant – Planktonic Algae
Sago Pondweed	Aquaplant – Sago Pondweed UF/IFAS – Sago pondweed	Sedges	Aquaplant – Sedges
Smartweed (Water Pepper)	Aquaplant – Smartweed, Water Pepper	Soft Rush	Aquaplant – Soft Rush UF/IFAS – Soft rush
Southern Watergrass	Aquaplant – Southern Watergrass	Spike Rush	Aquaplant – Spike Rush UF/IFAS – Spikerushes
Three-Square	Aquaplant – Three-Square UF/IFAS – Three-square bulrush	Torpedograss [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Torpedograss UF/IFAS – Torpedograss
Variable-Leaf Pondweed	Aquaplant – Variable-Leaf Pondweed	Variable-Leaf Watermilfoil	Aquaplant – Variable-Leaf Watermilfoil
Waterleaf	Aquaplant – Waterleaf	Watermeal	Aquaplant – Watermeal UF/IFAS – Watermeal
Water Hyacinth [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Water Hyacinth UF/IFAS – Water hyacinth	Water Lettuce [Non-Native]	Aquaplant – Water Lettuce UF/IFAS – Water lettuce
Water Pennywort	Aquaplant – Water Pennywort UF/IFAS – Water pennywort	Water Primrose	Aquaplant – Water Primrose UF/IFAS – Water primrose, primrose willow
Water Star Grass	Aquaplant – Water Star Grass	Widgeon Grass	Aquaplant- Widgeon Grass
Water-willow (American Waterwillow)	Aquaplant – Water-willow (American Water-willow)	Willow	Aquaplant – Willow