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The following species of aquatic
plants were found during the Rideau
River Biodiversity Project. The plants are sorted by category:
emergent plants, floating plants, etc.
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Ceratophyllum demersum |
coontail |
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Elodea canadensis |
common waterweed |
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Megalodonta beckii |
water marigold |
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| Myriophyllum verticillatum |
bracted water milfoil |
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| Myriophyllum sibiricum |
northern water milfoil |
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| Myriophyllum
spicatum ** |
Eurasian water milfoil |
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Najas flexilis |
slender
water nymph |
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Potamogeton amplifolius |
large-leaved pondweed |
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Potamogeton crispus ** |
curly pondweed |
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Potamogeton epihydrus |
ribbon-leaved pondweed |
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Potamogeton foliosus |
leafy pondweed |
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Potamogeton friesii |
Fries' pondweed |
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| Potamogeton
illinoensis |
Illinois pondweed |
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Potamogeton natans |
floating-leaved pondweed |
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Potamogeton nodosus |
knotted pondweed |
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Potamogeton pectinatus |
sago pondweed |
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Potamogeton pusillus |
slender pondweed |
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| Potamogeton richardsonii |
Richardson's pondweed |
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| Potamogeton robbinsii |
Robbins' pondweed |
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| Potamogeton
zosteriformis |
flat-stemmed pondweed |
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| Ranunculus
aquatilis |
white water-crowfoot |
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| Utricularia
vulgaris |
common
bladderwort |
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| Vallisneria
americana |
tape
grass |
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| Zannichellia
palustris |
horned pondweed |
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| Zosterella
dubia |
water
star-grass |
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| Hydrocharis
morsus-ranae ** |
European
frogbit |
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| Lemna
minor |
lesser
duckweed |
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| Lemna
trisulca |
star duckweed |
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| Nuphar
microphylla |
small yellow pond
lily |
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| Nuphar
variegata |
yellow
pond lily |
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Nymphaea odorata |
fragrant
white water lily |
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| Spirodela
polyrhiza |
greater duckweed |
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| Wolffia
columbiana |
Columbia watermeal |
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| Wolffia
borealis |
dotted watermeal |
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| Alisma
gramineum |
northern water plantain |
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| Butomus
umbellatus ** |
flowering rush |
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| Polygonum
amphibium |
water smartweed |
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| Pontederia
cordata |
pickerelweed |
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| Sagittaria
cuneata |
floating arrowhead
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| Sagittaria
latifolia |
broad-leaved arrowhead |
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| Sagittaria
rigida |
stiff arrowhead |
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| Scirpus
fluviatilis |
river bulrush |
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| Scirpus
pungens |
threesquare bulrush |
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| Scirpus
tabenaemontani |
soft-stem bulrush |
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| Sparganium
chlorocarpum |
green-fruited
bur-reed |
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| Sparganium
eurycarpum |
large-fruited bur-reed |
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| Zizania
palustris |
wild rice |
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| Azolla
caroliniana Willd ** |
eastern mosquito-fern |
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| Equisetum
fluviatile |
water horsetail |
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| Drepanocladus
exannulatus |
curved branch moss |
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| Fontinalis
hypnoides |
water moss |
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*SF to BR: from Smiths Falls to Burritts Rapids
*BR to LI: from Burritts Rapids to Long Island
*LI to HB: from Long Island to Hogs Back
*HB to RF: from Hogs Back to the Rideau Falls
(View a map of the River).
**Exotic
Species.
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