Aquatic, Wetland and Invasive Plants
- Particulars and Photographs -

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants
University of Florida, IFAS

Plant Photos by common name by plant type category by line drawings Obtaining Permission for Use of Photographic Images

 

Shown below are the 494 APIRS plants by Scientific name

 

 

Abrus precatorius - rosary pea - Non-Native
Acacia auriculiformis - earleaf acacia - Non-Native
Acer rubrum - red maple
Acer saccharum subsp floridana - Florida sugar maple
Acorus americanus - sweet flag
Acrostichum danaeifolium - giant leather fern
Aesculus pavia - red buckeye
Albizia julibrissin - mimosa tree - Non-Native
Albizia lebbeck - woman's tongue - Non-Native
Aleurites fordii - tung oil tree - Non-Native
Allium canadense - meadow garlic
Alternanthera philoxeroides - alligator weed - Non-Native
Amaranthus australis - southern amaranth
Ampelopsis arborea - pepper-vine
Amphicarpum muhlenbergianum - blue maidencane
Andropogon glomeratus - bushy broom grass
Andropogon virginicus - chalky bluestem
Antigonon leptopus - coral vine - Non-Native
Apios americana - ground nut
Ardisia crenata - coral ardisia - Non-Native
Ardisia elliptica - shoebutton ardisia - Non-Native
Ardisia escallonioides - marlberry
Arisaema dracontium - green dragon
Aristida beyrichiana - wire grass
Arundinaria gigantea - switch cane
Arundo donax - giant reed - Non-Native
Asclepias humistrata - pinewoods milkweed
Asclepias lanceolata - fewflower milkweed
Asclepias longifolia - Florida milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa - butterfly weed
Asiminia spp. - pawpaw
Asparagus densiflorus - asparagus fern - Non-Native
Asparagus setaceus - common asparagus-fern - Non-Native
Aster carolinianus - climbing aster
Avicennia germinans - black mangrove
Axonopus species - carpet grasses
Azolla caroliniana - Carolina mosquito fern

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Bacopa caroliniana - lemon bacopa
Bacopa monnieri - smooth water hyssop
Bambusa spp. - bamboo Non-Native
Batis maritima - saltwort
Bauhinia variegata - orchid tree - Non-Native
Begonia cucullata - wax begonia - Non-Native

Bidens laevis - bur-marigold
Bidens mitis - marsh beggartick
Bignonia capreolata - cross vine
Bischofia javanica - bishopwood - Non-Native
Blechnum serrulatum - swamp fern
Brachiaria mutica - para grass - Non-Native
Brasenia schreberi - water shield
Bromelia balansae - heart-of-flame - Non-Native
Broussonetia papyrifera - paper mulberry - Non-Native
Butomus umbellatus - flowering rush - Non-Native

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Cabomba caroliniana - fanwort
Caesalpinia bonduc - gray nicker
Callicarpa americana - American beautyberry
Calophyllum antillanum - Santa Maria - Non-Native
Campsis radicans - trumpet vine
Campyloneurum phyllitidis - long strap fern
Canna flaccida - golden canna
Carex species - caric sedges
Carex longii - Long's sedge
Carex lupuliformis - false hop sedge
Carex stipata - stalk-grain sedge
Cassytha filiformis - love vine
Casuarina species - Australian pine - Non-Native
Caulerpa taxifolia - caulerpa marine alga
Celtis laevigata - sugarberry
Centella asiatica - spadeleaf
Cephalanthus occidentalis - buttonbush
Ceratophyllum demersum - coontail
Ceratiola ericoides - Florida rosemary
Ceratopteris thalictroides - watersprite
Cestrum diurnum - day jessamine - Non-Native
Chara species - muskgrass
Cicuta maculata - spotted water hemlock
Cinnamomum camphora - camphor tree - Non-Native
Citrus sinensis - orange tree - Non-Native
Cladium jamaicense - saw-grass
Clematis crispa - swamp leather-flower
Clerodendrum bungei - strong-scented glorybower - Non-Native
Clerodendrum chinense - glory tree, stickbush - Non-Native
Coccoloba uvifera - sea grape tree
Colocasia esculenta - wild taro - Non-Native
Colubrina asiatica - latherleaf - Non-Native
Commelina virginica - Virginia dayflower
Coreopsis species - tickseed
Cornus foemina - swamp dogwood
Crinum americanum - swamp lily
Ctenitis sloanei - Florida tree fern
Cupaniopsis anacardiodes - carrotwood - Non-Native
Cyperus species - flat sedges
Cyperus alopecuroides - foxtail flatsedge - Non-Native
Cyperus alternifolius - umbrella flatsedge - Non-Native
Cyperus articulatus - jointed flatsedge
Cyperus difformis - variable flatsedge - Non-Native
Cyperus haspan - sharp edge sedge
Cyperus iria - ricefield flatsedge - Non-Native
Cyperus odoratus - flatsedge
Cyperus papyrus - papyrus - Non-Native
Cyperus pedunculatus - beach star
Cyperus prolifer - dwarf papyrus - Non-Native
Cyperus virens - green flat sedge

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Decodon verticillatus - swamp loosestrife
Dichondra caroliniensis - pony's foot
Dichromena species - star-rush
Diodia virginiana - Virginia buttonweed
Dioscorea alata - winged yam - Non-Native
Dioscorea bulbifera - air potato - Non-Native
Distichlis spicata - salt grass
Drosera capillaris - pink sundew
Dulichium arundinaceum - threeway sedge

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Echinochloa walteri - Walter's millet
Echinodorus cordifolius - creeping burhead
Egeria densa - common waterweed - Non-Native
Eichhornia azurea - rooted water hyacinth - Non-Native
Eichhornia crassipes - water hyacinth - Non-Native
Eleocharis species - spikerushes
Eleocharis baldwinii - Road-grass
Eleocharis cellulosa - club-rush
Eleocharis geniculata - annual spikerush
Eleocharis interstincta - jointed spikerush
Eleocharis vivipara - sprouting spikerush
Elodea canadensis - elodea
Eleusine indica - Indian goose grass - Non-Native
Equisetum hyemale - scouring rush horsetail
Eragrostis elliottii - Elliott's love grass
Erigeron quercifolius - southern fleabane
Eriocaulon species - hatpins
Eugenia uniflora - surinam cherry - Non-Native
Eupatorium capillifolium - dog fennel

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Ficus aurea - strangler fig
Ficus benghalensis - banyan tree - Non-Native
Ficus benjamina - weeping fig - Non-Native
Ficus microcarpa - laurel fig - Non-Native
Fimbristylis species - fringe-rushes
Fimbristylis spadicea - chestnut sedge
Fimbristylis spathacea - hurricane-grass
Fraxinus caroliniana - pop ash tree
Fuirena species - umbrella-grasses
Fuirena pumila - dwarf umbrella-grass
Fuirena scirpoidea - rush fuirena

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Gelsemium sempervirens - yellow jessamine
Gordonia lasianthus - loblolly bay
Guzmania monostachia - West Indian tufted airplant

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Habenaria repens - water-spider orchid
Hamelia patens - firebush
Haplopappus divaricatus - scratch daisy
Hedyotis procumbens - innocence
Helianthus angustifolius - narrowleaf sunflower
Helianthus radula - rayless sunflower
Heteranthera limosa - mud plantain - Non-Native
Hibiscus aculeatus - comfort root
Hibiscus coccineus - marsh hibiscus
Hibiscus grandiflorus - swamp rosemallow
Hydrilla verticillata - hydrilla - Non-Native
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae - European frog-bit - Non-Native
Hydrocotyle species - water pennywort
Hydrolea corymbosa - bladderpod
Hydrolea quadrivalvis - water pod
Hygrophila costata (H. lacustris) - lake hygrophila
Hygrophila polysperma - East Indian hygrophila - Non-Native
Hymenachne amplexicaulus - West Indian marsh grass - Non-Native
Hypericum cistifolium - roundpod St. John's-Wort
Hypericum fasciculatum - peelbark St. John's-Wort
Hypericum tetrapetalum - fourpetal St. John's-Wort
Hyptis alata - musky mint

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Ilex cassine - dahoon holly
Illicium floridanum - red anise
Imperata cylindrica - cogon grass - Non-Native
Ipomoea aquatica - water spinach - Non-Native
Ipomoea cordatotriloba - tievine

Ipomoea indica - oceanblue morning glory
Ipomoea quamoclit - cypress vine - Non-Native
Ipomopsis rubra - standing cypress
Iris pseudacorus - yellow flag - Non-Native
Iris virginica - blue flag
Itea virginica - Virginia willow

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Jasminum dichotomum - Gold Coast jasmine - Non-Native
Jasminum fluminense - Brazilian jasmine - Non-Native
Juncus species - rushes
Juncus effusus - soft rush
Juncus marginatus - shore rush
Juncus megacephalus - large-headed rush
Juncus roemerianus - black needlerush

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Kalanchoe species - sweetheart plant - Non-Native
Kallastroemia maxima - big caltrap

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Lachnanthes caroliniana - redroot
Lachnocaulon species - bog buttons
Lactarius indigo - indigo mushroom
Lagarosiphon major - African elodea - Non-Native
Laguncularia racemosa - white mangrove
Landoltia punctata [Spirodela punctata] - Non-Native
Lantana species - lantana species - Non-Native and Native
Leucaena leucocephala - white lead tree - Non-Native
Leersia hexandra - southern cut grass
Lemna valdiviana - small duckweed
Leonotis nepetifolia - lion's ear - Non-Native
Liatris spicata - liatris/blazing star
Liparis elata - widelip orchid
Ligustrum lucidum - glossy privet - Non-Native
Ligustrum sinense - Chinese privet - Non-Native
Lilium catesbaei - Catesby's lily
Limnobium spongia - frog's-bit
Limnophila sessiliflora - limnophila - Non-Native
Lipocarpha maculata - lipocarpha
Liquidambar styraciflua - sweetgum

Lobelia cardinalis - Cardinal flower
Lobelia floridana - Florida lobelia
Lonicera japonica - Japanese honeysuckle - Non-Native
Lonicera sempervirens - coral honeysuckle
Lophiola aurea - golden-crest
Ludwigia species - water primrose
Ludwigia arcuata - piedmont primrose willow
Ludwigia grandiflora - largeflower primrose willow - Non-Native?
Ludwigia hexapetala - Sixpetal primrose willow - Non-Native?
Ludwigia leptocarpa - anglestem primrose willow
Ludwigia octovalvis - mexican primrosewillow
Ludwigia palustris - water purslane
Ludwigia peruviana - Peruvian primrose willow - Non-Native
Ludwigia repens - red ludwigia
Ludwigia suffruticosa - shrubby primrose willow
Luziola fluitans - water grass
Lycoris radiata - magic lily - Non-Native
Lygodium japonicum - Japanese climbing fern - Non-Native
Lygodium microphyllum - Old World climbing fern - Non-Native
Lyngbya species - lyngbya alga
Lythrum alatum var lanceolatum - winged loosestrife
Lythrum salicaria - Purple loosestrife - Non-Native

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Macfadyena unguis-cati - cat's-claw vine - Non-Native
Macroptilium lathyroides - wild bushbean - Non-Native
Manilkara zapota - sapodilla - Non-Native
Marsilea species - water clover
Mayaca fluviatilis - bog moss
Melaleuca quinquenervia - melaleuca - Non-Native
Melia azedarach - Chinaberry - Non-Native
Merremia dissecta - Alamo vine - Non-Native
Micranthemum species - baby's-tears
Mikania scandens - climbing hempweed
Mimosa pigra - catclaw mimosa - Non-Native
Mimosa strigillosa - powderpuff
Momordica charantia - wild balsam apple - Non-Native
Morinda royoc - cheese shrub
Muhlenbergia capillaris - Gulf muhly
Myrica cerifera - wax myrtle
Myriophyllum aquaticum - parrot feather - Non-Native
Myriophyllum heterophyllum - two-leaf water milfoil
Myriophyllum spicatum - Eurasian water milfoil - Non-Native

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Najas guadalupensis - southern naiad
Nandina domestica - nandina, heavenly bamboo - Non-Native
Nelumbo lutea - American lotus
Nelumbo nucifera - Sacred lotus - Non-Native
Nemastylis floridana - celestial lily
Nephrolepis biserrata - giant sword fern
Nephrolepis cordifolia - tuberous sword fern - Non-Native
Nephrolepis exaltata - sword fern
Neyraudia reynaudiana - silk reed - Non-Native
Nuphar lutea subsp. advena - spatterdock, cow lily
Nymphaea mexicana - yellow water lily
Nymphaea odorata - water lily
Nymphoides aquatica - banana lily
Nymphoides cristata - crested floating heart - Non-Native
Nymphoides indica - water snowflake - Non-Native
Nymphoides peltata - yellow floating heart - Non-Native
Nyssa sylvatica - swamp tupelo

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Oeceoclades maculata - monk orchid - Non-Native
Orontium aquaticum - golden club
Osmunda cinnamomea - cinnamon fern
Osmunda regalis - royal fern
Ottelia alismoides - duck lettuce - Non-Native
Oxalis debilis - pink wood sorrel - Non-Native

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Paederia cruddasiana - sewer vine - Non-Native
Paederia foetida - skunk vine - Non-Native
Panicum species - panic grasses
Panicum dichotomiflorum - fall panic grass
Panicum hemitomon - maidencane
Panicum maximum (now Urochloa maxima) - guinea grass
Panicum repens - torpedograss - Non-Native
Panicum rigidulum - red-top panicum
Panicum scabriusculum - wooly panicum
Parthenocissus quinquefolia - Virginia creeper
Paspalidium geminatum - Egyptian paspalidium
Paspalum species - paspalum
Paspalum repens - water paspalum
Paspalum urvillei - Vasey grass - Non-Native
Paspalum vaginatum - seashore paspalum
Passiflora incarnata - purple passion flower
Peltandra virginica - arrow arum
Pennisetum advena - fountain grass - Non-Native
Pennisetum purpureum - elephant grass - Non-Native
Persea borbonia - red bay
Phalaris arundinacea - reed canarygrass - Non-Native
Phragmites australis - common reed
Phyllostachys aurea - golden bamboo - Non-Native
Phyllostachys meyeri spp. - bamboo Non-Native
Picramnia pentandra - Florida bitterbush
Pinus elliottii - slash pine
Pistia stratiotes - water lettuce - Non-Native?

Pluchea odorata - sweetscent
Plumbago auriculata - plumbago - Non-Native
Polygonum hirsutum - hairy smartweed
Polygonum hydropiperoides - swamp smartweed
Polygonum species - knotweed, smartweed
Polypodium polypodioides - resurrection fern
Polypogon monspeliensis - rabbit-foot grass - Non-Native
Pontederia cordata - pickerelweed
Potamogeton species - pondweeds
Potamogeton crispus - curly pondweed - Non-Native
Potamogeton diversifolius - waterthread pondweed
Potamogeton floridanus - Florida pondweed
Potamogeton illinoensis - Illinois pondweed
Potamogeton nodosus - long leaf pondweed
Potamogeton pectinatus - sago pondweed
Potamogeton perfoliatus - clasping leaf pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus - small pondweed
Potamogeton richardsonii - Richardson's pondweed
Proserpinaca palustris - marsh mermaid-weed
Pseudosasa japonica - bamboo - Non-Native
Psidium cattleianum - strawberry guava - Non-Native
Psidium guajava - common guava - Non-Native

Pteridium aquilinum var pseudocaudatum - bracken fern
Pteris tripartita - giant brake fern - Non-Native
Pteris vittata - Chinese ladder brake fern - Non-Native
Pueraria montana - kudzu - Non-Native
Pyrostegia venusta - flame vine - Non-Native

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Quercus laurifolia - laurel oak
Quercus virginiana - live oak

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Rhabdadenia biflora - mangrove rubber vine
Rhexia alifanus - savannah meadow-beauty
Rhexia mariana - pale meadow-beauty
Rhizophora mangle - red mangrove
Rhododendron austrinum - Florida flame azalea
Rhododendron chapmanii - Chapman's rhododendron
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa - downy rose myrtle - Non-Native
Rhoeo spathacea - oyster plant - Non-Native

Rhynchosopora fascicularis - fascicled beaksedge
Rhynchospora colorata - star-rush
Rhynchospora inundata - inundated beakrush
Rhynchospora nitens - bald-rush
Rhynchospora species - beakrushes
Rhynchospora tracyi - Tracy's beakrush
Ricinus communis - castor bean - Non-Native
Richardia grandiflora - largeflower mexican clover
Rivina humilis - rouge plant
Robinia pseudoacacia - black locust tree - Non-Native
Rorippa floridana - Florida water cress
Rosa laevigata - Cherokee rose - Non-Native
Roystonea regia - royal palm
Rubus argutus - sawtooth blackberry
Ruellia brittoniana - Britton's wild petunia - Non-Native
Ruellia caroliniensis - Carolina wild petunia

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Sabal palmetto - sabal palm
Saccharum giganteum - sugarcane plume grass
Sacciolepis striata - American cupscale-grass
Sagittaria filiformis
Sagittaria graminea - grassy arrowhead
Sagittaria kurziana - strap-leaf sagittaria
Sagittaria lancifolia - duck potato
Sagittaria latifolia - broadleaf arrowhead
Sagittaria latifolia var latifolia - arrowhead
Sagittaria subulata - awlleaf arrowhead
Salicornia perrenis - perennial glasswort
Salix caroliniana - coastal plain willow
Salvia lyrata - lyre-leaf sage
Salvinia minima - water fern - Non-Native
Salvinia molesta - giant salvinia - Non-Native
Sambucus canadensis - elderberry
Sansevieria hyacinthoides - bowstring hemp - Non-Native
Sapium sebiferum - Chinese tallow - Non-Native
Sarcostemma clausum - white twinevine
Sarracenia minor - hooded pitcher plant
Saururus cernuus - lizard's-tail
Scaevola sericea - half-flower - Non-Native
Schefflera actinophylla - schefflera - Non-Native
Schinus terebinthifolius - Brazilian pepper-tree - Non-Native
Schoenus nigricans - black sedge
Scirpus species - bulrushes
Scirpus californicus - southern bulrush
Scirpus cubensis - burhead sedge - Non-Native
Scirpus cyperinus - wool-grass
Scirpus pungens - three-square bulrush
Scirpus robustus - salt-marsh bulrush
Scirpus validus - soft-stem bulrush
Scleria lacustris - Wright's nut-rush - Non-Native
Senna pendula - climbing cassia - Non-Native
Serenoa repens - saw palmetto
Sesbania exaltata - danglepod
Sesbania punicea - Spanish gold - Non-Native
Sesbania vesicaria - bladderpod
Setaria magna - giant foxtail
Setaria parviflora - yellow bristlegrass
Sisyrinchium angustifolium - blue-eyed grass
Smilax auriculata - wild bamboo
Solanum jamaicense - Jamaican nightshade - Non-Native
Solanum tampiecense - wetland nightshade - Non-Native
Solanum torvum - turkey berry - Non-Native
Solanum viarum - tropical soda apple - Non-Native
Sonchus oleraceus - common sowthistle - Non-Native
Sorghum halepense - Johnson grass - Non-Native
Sparganium americanum - bur-reed
Spartina species - cord grasses
Spartina alterniflora - smooth cord grass
Spartina bakeri - Baker's cord grass
Spartina spartinae - gulf cord grass
Spirodela polyrhiza - giant duckweed

duckweed comparison picture
Sporobolus indicus - smut grass - Non-Native
Stachys floridana - Florida betony
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis - blue porterweed
Stenotaphrum secundatum - St. Augustine grass
Syngonium podophyllum - arrowhead vine - Non-Native
Syzygium cumini - Java plum - Non-Native

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Tabebuia aurea - Caribbean trumpet tree - Non-Native
Taxodium species - cypress trees
Tectaria heracleifolia - broad halberd fern
Tectaria incisa - incised halberd fern - Non-Native
Terminalia catappa - tropical almond - Non-Native
Thalia geniculata - fire flag
Thespesia populnea - seaside mahoe - Non-Native
Thunbergia grandiflora - sky-vine - Non-Native
Tilandsia spp. - airplant
Tilandsia bartramii - Bartram's airplant
Tilandsia fasciculata - giant airplant
Tilandsia setacea - southern needleleaf
Toxicodendron radicans - poison ivy
Tradescantia fluminensis - white-flowered wandering Jew - Non-Native
Tradescantia ohiensis - common spiderwort
Trapa natans - water chestnut - Non-Native
Tripsacum dactyloides - eastern gama grass
Typha species - cat-tails

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Ulmus americana - American elm
Urena lobata - Caesar's weed - Non-Native
Urochloa maxima (formerly Panicum maximum) - guinea grass - Non-Native
Urochloa mutica - para grass - Non-Native
Urochloa plantaginea - creeping signal grass - Non-Native
Utricularia species - bladderwort
Utricularia purpurea - eastern purple bladderwort
Utricularia radiata - little floating bladderwort

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Vallisneria americana - tape grass
Vitis cinerea var floridana - Florida pigeon grape
Vitis rotundifolia - muscadine grape

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Wedelia trilobata - creeping oxeye - Non-Native
Wisteria frutescens - American wisteria
Wisteria sinensis - Chinese wisteria - Non-Native
Wolffia columbiana - water meal
Wolffiella floridana - mud-midget
Woodwardia areolata - netted chain fern
Woodwardia virginica - Virginia chain fern

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Xanthosoma sagittifolium - elephant ear - Non-Native
Xyris species - yellow-eyed-grasses
Xyris ambigua - morning yellow-eyed-grass
Xyris elliottii - Elliott yellow-eyed-grass

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Youngia japonica - Asiatic false hawksbeard - Non-Native

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Zephyranthes atamasca - rainlily, atamasco lily
Zizania aquatica - wild-rice
Zizaniopsis miliacea - giant cutgrass

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