Emergent Marsh Plant List
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)
Citation
Cohen, J.G., M.A. Kost, B.S. Slaughter, D.A. Albert, J.M. Lincoln, A.P. Kortenhoven, C.M. Wilton, H.D. Enander, and K.M. Korroch. 2020. Michigan Natural Community Classification [web application]. Michigan Natural Features Inventory, Michigan State University Extension, Lansing, Michigan. Available https://mnfi.anr.msu.edu/communities/classification. (Accessed: December 12, 2024).