Wetland plants have special adaptations that allow them to live in water or in soil that is always wet. Some plants can adapt to soils that are only wet through parts of the year. Click on one of the names in the folowing list to see pictures of the species and to find out more about it. Submerged and Floating Plants Duckweed (Lemna sp.) Yellow Pond Lily (Nuphar variegatum) Water Milfoil (Myriophyllum sp.) Bladderwort (Urticularia vulgaris) Pondweed (Potomageton nodosus) Water Lily (Nymphaea tuberosa) Emergent Plants Cat-Tail (Typha latifolia) Arrowhead (Sagittaria brevirostra) Sweet Flag (Acorus calamus) Bulrush (Scirpus validus) Water Hemlock (Cicuta maculata) Wild Rice (Zizania aquatica) Common Reed (Phragmites australis) Plants of Wet Meadows and Water Edges Prairie Fringed Orchid (Habenaria leucophaea) Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris) Spotted Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens capensis) Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata) Tall Beggarticks (Bidens sp.) Marsh Skullcap (Scutellaria galericulate) Marsh Fern (Thelypteris palustris) Sedge (Carex sp.) Water Cress (Nasturtium officinale) Swamp Smartweed (Polygonum coccineum) Introduced Plants Barnyard Grass (Echinochloa crusgalli) Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) Reed Canary Grass (Phalaris arundinacea) Woody Plants Peach-Leaved Willow (Salix amygdaloides) Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis) Rough-Leaved Dogwood (Cornus drummondii) Elderberry (Sambucus canademsis) Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) Cottonwood (Populus deltoides) Sycamore (Platanus occidentalis) Saline Plants Saltwort (Salicornia rubra) Inland Saltgrass (Distichlis spicata) Salt Marsh Aster (Aster subulatus)

photo courtesy of Kyle Hoagland

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