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Plant Species Found in Osceola County
Non-native Plants
Native Plants
Alternanthera philoxeroides
- Alligator weed
Brachiaria mutica
(syn.
Urochloa mutica
)
-para grass
Canna flaccida
-
golden canna
Colocasia esculenta
-
wild taro
Eichhornia crassipes
-
water hyacinth
Hydrilla verticillata
-
hydrilla
Hygrophila polysperma
-
East Indian hygrophila
Hymenachne amplexicaulis
-
West Indian marsh grass
Ludwigia peruviana
-
Peruvian water primrose
Melaleuca quinquenervia
-
melaleuca
Myriophyllum aquaticum
-
parrot feather
Panicum repens
-
torpedo grass
Pistia stratiotes
-
water lettuce
Salvinia minima
-
water fern
Sapium sebiferum
-
Chinese tallow
Scirpus cubensis
-
burhead sedge
Wedelia trilobata
-
creeping oxeye
Azolla caroliniana
-
mosquito fern
Bacopa caroliniana
-
lemon bacopa
Bacopa monnieri
-
smooth water hyssup
Bidens
species
Cabomba caroliniana
-
fanwort
Carex
species
- Caric sedges
Cephalanthus occidentalis
-
buttonbush
Ceratophyllum demersum
-
coontail
Chara
species
-
muskgrass
Cladium jamaicense
-
sawgrass
Crinum americanum
-
swampy lily
Cyperus articulatus
-
jointed flat sedge
Cyperus
species
- flat sedges
Decodon verticillatus
-
swamp loosestrife
Echinochloa
species
- Walter's-millet
Eleocharis
species
- spikerushes
Filamentous algae
Fuirena
species
- umbrella-grasses
Habenaria repens
-
water-spider orchid
Hydrocotyle
species
- water pennywort
Hypericum
species
- St. Johns-wort
Juncus effusus
-
soft rush
Juncus
species
- rushes
Leersia hexandra
-
Southern cut grass
Lemna valdiviana
- small duckweed
Limnobium spongia
-
Frog’s-bit
Limnophila sessiliflora
-
limnophila
Ludwigia octovalvis
-
Mexican primrosewillow
Ludwigia palustres
-
marsh seedbox, water purslane
Ludwigia repens
-
red ludwigia
Ludwigia
species
-water primrose, primrose willow
Luziola fluitans
-
water grass
Mayaca fluviatilis
-
bog moss
Micranthemum
species
- Baby’- tears
Mikania scandens
-
climbing hempweed
Najas guadalupensis
-
Southern naiad
Nelumbo lutea
-
American lotus
Nitella
species
- stonewort
Nuphar luteum
-
spatterdock, cow lily
Nymphaea odorata
-
fragrant water lily
Nymphoides aquatica
-
banana lily
Panicum hemitomon
-
maidencane
Paspalidium geminatum
-
Egyptian paspalidium
Paspalum repens
-
water paspalum
Peltandra virginica
-
arrow arum
Polygonum
species
- knotweed
Pontederia cordata
-
pickerelweed
Potamogeton diversifolius
-
waterthread pondweed
Potamogeton illinoensis
-
Illinois pondweed
Rhynchospora
species
- beakrushes, horned-rushes
Ricciocarpus natans
Sacciolepis striata
-
American cupscale-grass
Sagittaria lancifolia
-
duck potato
Sagittaria latifolia
-
broadleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria subulata
-
Awllleaf arrowhead
Salix caroliniana
-
Carolina willow
Saururus cernuus
-
lizard’s tail
Scirpus
species
- bulrushes
Spartina bakeri
-
Baker’s cord grass
Spirodela polyrhiza
-
giant duckweed
Thalia geniculata
-
fire flag, alligator flag
Typha
species
- cat-tails
Utricularia floridana
Utricularia foliosa
Utricularia gibba
-
cone-spur bladderwort
Utricularia inflata
Utricularia
species
- bladderwort
Vallisneria americana
-
eel grass, tape grass
Wolffia
species- watermeal
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