Submergent Plants

• coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)
• muskgrasses (Chara spp.)
• common waterweed (Elodea canadensis)
• water star-grass (Heteranthera dubia)
• milfoils (Myriophyllum spp.)
• naiads (Najas flexilis, and others)
• stoneworts (Nitella spp.)
• pondweeds (Potamogeton spp.)
• submergent bulrush (Schoenoplectus subterminalis)
• bladderworts (Utricularia gibba, U. intermedia, and U. vulgaris)
• water-celery (Vallisneria americana)

Rooted Floating-leaved Plants

• water-shield (Brasenia schreberi)
• yellow pond-lilies (Nuphar advena and N. variegata)
• sweet-scented waterlily (Nymphaea odorata)
• large-leaved pondweed (Potamogeton amplifolius)
• Illinois pondweed (Potamogeton illinoensis)

Non-rooted Floating Plants

• small duckweed (Lemna minor)
• star duckweed (Lemna trisulca)
• red duckweed (Lemna turionifera)
• great duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)
• water meals (Wolffia spp.)

Emergent Plants

Graminoids

• sedges (Carex aquatilis, C. comosa, C. lacustris, C. lasiocarpa, C. oligosperma, C. stricta, and others)
• three-way sedge (Dulichium arundinaceum)
• spike-rushes (Eleocharis acicularis, E. elliptica, E. equisetoides, E. obtusa, E. palustris, E. quinqueflora, and others)
• manna grasses (Glyceria borealis, G. canadensis, and G. striata)
• cut grass (Leersia oryzoides)
• common reed (Phragmites australis subsp. americanus)
• hardstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus acutus)
• threesquare (Schoenoplectus pungens)
• softstem bulrush (Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani)
• wild rice (Zizania aquatica) 
• northern wild rice (Zizania palustris)

Forbs

• water-plantain (Alisma subcordatum and A. triviale)
• pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum)
• smartweeds (Persicaria amphibia, P. hydropiper, P. lapathifolia, and others)
• pickerel-weed (Pontederia cordata)
• arrowheads (Sagittaria graminea, S. latifolia, and S. rigida)
• bur-reeds (Sparganium americanum, S. angustifolium, S. emersum, S. eurycarpum, S. fluctuans, and S. natans)
• broad-leaved cat-tail (Typha latifolia)

Ferns

• marsh fern (Thelypteris palustris)