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The wetland status of 7,000 plants is determined upon information contained in a list compiled in the National Wetland Inventory undertaken by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and developed in cooperation with a federal inter-agency review panel (Reed, 1988). The National List was compiled in 1988 with subsequent revisions in 1996 and 1998.
Phragmites is a genus of plants known as reeds. Pondweeds are a family of aquatic plant with a subcosmopolitan distribution. Sagittaria is a genus of plants known as arrowhead or katniss. Salix, the willows, are native to many areas throughout the world, usually in riparian ecosystems.
S. lateriflorum plant showing a zigzag growing pattern. Symphyotrichum lateriflorum var. tenuipes (Wiegand) G.L.Nesom is commonly called slender-stalked calico aster. [98] It was said by American botanists Henry A. Gleason and Arthur Cronquist to be a lax plant, with wiry stems, often larger heads in open panicles, and involucres to 6.5 mm. [99]
Its habitat consists of wetlands, lakeshores, river backwaters, roadside ditches, disturbed wet areas, consistently damp patches of yards, areas with wet soil, and nutrient rich or slightly saline soils. [3] Identification of this species can be difficult as it is a hybrid species and may be confused with its parent species. [3]
Peltandra virginica is a plant of the arum family known as green arrow arum [3] and tuckahoe. [4] It is widely distributed in wetlands in the eastern United States, as well as in Quebec, Ontario, and Cuba. [2] [5] [6] It is common in central Florida including the Everglades [7] and along the Gulf Coast. [8]
Sagittaria latifolia is a plant found in shallow wetlands and is sometimes known as broadleaf arrowhead, [5] duck-potato, [6] Indian potato, or wapato. This plant produces edible tubers that have traditionally been extensively used by Native Americans.
Hymenachne, synonym Dallwatsonia, is a genus of widespread wetland plants in the grass family Poaceae.They are commonly known as marsh grasses. [5] They are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, the Americas, and the Pacific Islands. [6]
Ludwigia peploides is an herbaceous perennial wetland plant, usually common along mud or a water surface. L. peploides sprawl flat along the mud or waters surface. It is very similar to the Ludwigia hexapetala and very difficult to tell apart. The leaves are arranged in clusters and vary in size.