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MatBio: HERBS IN FRESHWATER HABITATS - Matanzas Biodiversity

Welcome to our series of field guides - part of the MatBio Initiative at the Whitney Laboratory of Marine Bioscience! Our guides document the plant and animal species living in the Matanzas Basin, a coastal ecosystem stretching from St. Augustine to Palm Coast in NE Florida. They are works in ...more ↓

Golden Colicroot 1
Aletris aurea
Southern Colicroot 2
Aletris obovata
Flypoison 3
Amianthium muscitoxicum
Bearded Grasspink 4
Calopogon barbatus
Manyflowered Grasspink 5
Calopogon multiflorus
Pale Grasspink 4
Calopogon pallidus
Tuberous Grasspink 6
Calopogon tuberosus tuberosus
Bandana-of-the-everglades 5
Canna flaccida
String-lily 7
Crinum americanum
Common Water-hyacinth 8
Eichhornia crassipes
Flattened Pipewort 9
Eriocaulon compressum
Tenangle Pipewort 9
Eriocaulon decangulare
Wild Coco 10
Eulophia alta
Toothpetal False Reinorchid 5
Habenaria floribunda
Waterspider False Reinorchid 11
Habenaria repens
Coastalplain Spiderlily 12
Hymenocallis crassifolia
Fringed Yellow Stargrass 7
Hypoxis juncea
Prairie Iris 5
Iris hexagona
Virginia Iris 13
Iris virginica
Tapertip Rush 14
Juncus acuminatus
Carolina Redroot 5
Lachnanthes caroliana
Whitehead Bogbutton 6
Lachnocaulon anceps
Small's Bogbutton 15
Lachnocaulon minus
Dotted Duckweed 16
Landoltia punctata
Lesser Duckweed 17
Lemna aequinoctialis
Valdivia Duckweed 18
Lemna valdiviana
Frog's Bit 19
Limnobium spongia
Florida Addersmouth Orchid 1
Malaxis spicata
Stream Bogmoss 9
Mayaca fluviatilis
Southern Waternymph 9
Najas guadalupensis
Spiny Waternymph 20
Najas marina
Fallflowering Ixia 5
Nemastylis floridana
Green Arrow Arum 21
Peltandra virginica
White Fringed Orchid 22
Platanthera conspicua
Yellow Fringed Orchid 23
Platanthera ciliaris
Crested Yellow Orchid 24
Platanthera cristata
Southern Tubercled Orchid 25
Platanthera flava
Rose Pogonia 26
Pogonia ophioglossoides
Pickerelweed 27
Pontederia cordata
Narrow-Leaved Arrowhead
Sagittaria filiformis
Grassy Arrowhead
Sagittaria graminea graminea
Quillwort Arrowhead 4
Sagittaria isoetiformis
Bulltongue Arrowhead
Sagittaria lancifolia lancifolia
White Sunnybell
Schoenolirion albiflorum
Narrowleaf Blueeyed Grass 28
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Florida Ladiestresses
Spiranthes brevilabris floridana
Lacelip Ladiestresses 29
Spiranthes laciniata
Longlip Ladiestresses 1
Spiranthes longilabris
Greenvein Ladiestresses 1
Spiranthes praecox
Spring Ladiestresses 30
Spiranthes vernalis
Common Duckweed 31
Spirodela polyrhiza
Crowpoison 5
Stenanthium densum
Sago Pondweed 32
Stuckenia pectinata
Yellow Hatpins 19
Syngonanthus flavidulus
Alligatorflag 11
Thalia geniculata
Southern Cattail 33
Typha domingensis
Common Cattail 34
Typha latifolia
Columbian Watermeal 35
Wolffia columbiana
Florida Mudmidget 36
Wolffiella gladiata
Coastalplain Yelloweyed Grass 37
Xyris ambigua
Shortleaf Yelloweyed Grass 15
Xyris brevifolia
Elliott's Yelloweyed Grass 38
Xyris elliottii
Fringed Yelloweyed Grass 9
Xyris fimbriata
Florida Yelloweyed Grass 38
Xyris floridana
Richard's Yelloweyed Grass 9
Xyris jupicai
Tall Yelloweyed Grass
Xyris platylepis
Small's Yelloweyed Grass 9
Xyris smalliana
Pineland Yelloweyed Grass 38
Xyris stricta
Horned Pondweed 31
Zannichellia palustris
Atamasco Lily
Zephyranthes atamasca atamasca
Treat's Zephyrlily
Zephyranthes atamasca treatiae

Edited by matbio and Jose Nunez

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