Logan Native Plants for Dams
List of plants for dams in Logan
Feathered Mosquito Fern
Azolla pinnata is a species of fern known by several common names, including mosquitofern, feathered mosquitofern and water velvet. It is native to much of Africa, Asia (Brunei Darussalam, China, India, Japan, Korea, and the Philippines) and parts of Australia. It is an aquatic plant, its frond floating upon the surface of the water. It grows in quiet and ...more ↓
Soft Fern
Christella dentata is a small fern with widespread distribution in Australia and islands in the south Pacific Ocean. There are many local common names. In New South Wales it grows north from the southern Illawarra region and is known as binung.
Whorled Pennywort
Hydrocotyle verticillata, also known as whorled pennywort, whorled marshpennywort or shield pennywort, is a flowering plant found in South and North America and the West Indies. The creeping plants with unusual leaves give it its common names. It grows in places that are marshy, boggy, and wet. Hydrocotyle verticillata is used in aquaria, where it is ...more ↓
Watershield
Brasenia is a genus belonging to the family Cabombaceae, consisting of one species, Brasenia schreberi. It is widely distributed in North America, the West Indies, northern South America (Venezuela, Guyana), eastern Asia (China, Japan, Korea, Primorye), Australia, the Indian Subcontinent, and parts of Africa.
Golden Bladderwort
Utricularia aurea, the golden bladderwort, is a medium- to large-sized suspended aquatic carnivorous plant that belongs to the genus Utricularia (family Lentibulariaceae). It is the most common and widespread suspended aquatic species in Asia. Its native distribution ranges from India to Japan and Australia.
humped bladderwort
Utricularia gibba, commonly known as the humped or floating bladderwort, is a small, mat-forming species of carnivorous aquatic bladderwort. It is found on all continents except Antarctica.
Marshwort
Nymphoides geminata, commonly known as entire marshwort, is an aquatic plant of the family Menyanthaceae native to eastern Australia.
Water Snowflake
Nymphoides indica is an aquatic plant in the Menyanthaceae, native to tropical areas around the world. It is sometimes cultivated, and has become a minor weed in Florida, where it resembles the native Nymphoides aquatica. Common names include banana plant, robust marshwort, and water snowflake.
Mexican Primrose-willow
Ludwigia octovalvis is a species of flowering plant in the evening primrose family known by the common name Mexican primrose-willow. Its native distribution is unclear, but can be found in Central America, Australia, South-East Asia, Tamilnadu (IND) ,the Middle East, the Central-West African regions and spreads easily to become naturalized. It is also cultivated as an ...more ↓
Herb-of-Grace
Bacopa monnieri (waterhyssop, brahmi, thyme-leafed gratiola, water hyssop, herb of grace, Indian pennywort) is a perennial, creeping herb native to the wetlands of southern and Eastern India, Australia, Europe, Africa, Asia, and North and South America. Bacopa is a medicinal herb used in Ayurveda, where it is also known as "Brahmi", ...more ↓
slender knotweed
Persicaria decipiens, commonly known as slender knotweed, is a species of flowering plant native to Australia and Asia.
waterpepper
Water-pepper, water pepper or marshpepper knotweed (Persicaria hydropiper, syn. Polygonum hydropiper) is a plant of the family Polygonaceae. It grows in damp places and shallow water. It is a widespread plant, found in Australia, New Zealand, temperate Asia, Europe, and North America. It has some use as a spice because of its pungent flavor.
kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate
Persicaria orientalis is a species of flowering plant in the family Polygonaceae, known as kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate and princess-feather. It was first described, as Polygonum orientale, by Carl Linnaeus in 1753. It was transferred to the genus Persicaria by Édouard Spach in 1841. Its native distribution is unclear. As of May 2019, Plants of the ...more ↓
Thin Leaf Brookweed
Samolus valerandi is a species of water pimpernel native to a very wide area across Europe, Africa, Asia, and Australia. Common names include brookweed, thin-leaf brookweed, water cabbage, and water rose.
Blue Waterlily
Nymphaea gigantea is a species of aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to Australia and New Guinea. The plant is a tropical and substropical species that establishes tubers in the muddy bottoms of still waters; its leaves are round, and grow up to 75 cm in diameter, and the large flowers are blue-white.
Damasonium minus
Damasonium minus is a species of flowering plant in the water-plantain family known by the common names starfruit and star-fruit (not to be confused with the cultivated starfruit). It is native to Australia, where it occurs everywhere except the Northern Territory. It is perhaps best known as an agricultural weed. It is a major weed of Australian rice crops.
lesser duckweed
Lemna aequinoctialis Welw. (lesser duckweed) is a tiny, floating aquatic plant found in quiet waters in tropical and subtropical regions. Fronds are generally 3-nerved, green, up to 6 mm long. Flowers are 1-ovulate, the small utricular scale open on one side. Seeds have 8–26 ribs.
Spirodela punctata
Spirodela punctata (or Landoltia punctata, common name dotted duckmeat) is a species of duckweed (Lemnaceae). The species is morphologically intermediate between Lemna and other species of Spirodela. In 1999 D.H. Les and D.J. Crawford proposed segregating the species to a new genus Landoltia containing just the species L. ...more ↓
Caldwell's Clubrush
Bolboschoenus caldwellii, commonly known as marsh club rush, is a sedge in the Cyperaceae family that is native to Western Australia.
Watergrass
Bulbostylis barbata is a flowering plant in the sedge family, Cyperaceae, that is native to Western Australia.
Southern Cutty Sedge
Carex appressa, commonly known as the tall sedge, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges.
Tassel Sedge
Carex fascicularis, commonly known as tassel sedge, is a species of sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Western Australia and Victoria.
Carex maculata
The genus Carex (sedges) is one of the largest genera of flowering plants, containing around 1800 species, according to a 2004 estimate. All the species (including hybrid species) accepted by The Plant List are given below:
heron bristle-rush
Chorizandra cymbaria, commonly known as heron bristle rush or heron bristle sedge, is a sedge of the family Cyperaceae that is native to Australia.
Variable Flatsedge
Cyperus difformis is a species of sedge known by several common names, including variable flatsedge and smallflower umbrella-sedge. This plant is native to southern Europe, most of Africa and Asia, and Australia, and it is naturalized in other areas of the world, including large parts of the Americas.
Slender Flat-sedge
Cyperus gracilis, with the common name is slender flat sedge and slimjim flatsedge, is a sedge native to Australia. The species epithet gracilus refers to the graceful form of the leaves.
Haspan Flatsedge
Cyperus haspan is a dwarf papyrus sedge in the Cyperaceae. It is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions in Africa, Madagascar, southern Asia (Iran, India, China, Philippines, Indonesia, etc.), New Guinea, Australia, South America, West Indies, Central America, southern Mexico and the southeastern United States (from Texas to Virginia).
Rice flat-sedge
Cyperus iria (also known as rice flat sedge and rice flatsedge) is a smooth, tufted sedge found worldwide. The roots are yellowish-red and fibrous. The plant often grows in rice paddies, where it is considered to be a weed.
Bunchy flat-sedge
Cyperus polystachyos, also known as Pycreus polystachyos and commonly known as bunchy sedge, many-spiked sedge, or Texas sedge, is a herbaceous species in the family Cyperaceae, widespread in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, sometimes extending its range into temperate regions. In the United States, it has been reported from a ...more ↓
Water Chestnut
Eleocharis dulcis, the Chinese water chestnut or water chestnut, is a grass-like sedge native to Asia (China, Japan, India, Philippines, etc.), Australia, tropical Africa, and various islands of the Pacific and Indian Oceans. It is grown in many countries for its edible corms.
Common Fringe-rush
Fimbristylis dichotoma, commonly known as forked fimbry or eight day grass, is a sedge of the Cyperaceae family that is native to tropical areas.
West Indian fimbry
Fimbristylis ferruginea is a species of fimbry known by the common names rusty sedge and West Indian fimbry. The plant is common along the coast line and estuaries of Australia. It is also native to parts of Africa, southern Asia, and South America. The flowers are a distinctive rusty brown color appearing on a single spikelet from May to July.
Fimbristylis polytrichoides
Fimbristylis polytrichoides is a species of fimbry known by the common name rusty sedge, native to east Africa, Madagascar, China, Southeast Asia, New Guinea and Australia. The plant is common along the coast line and estuaries of Australia. The flowers are a distinctive rusty brown color appearing on a single spikelet from May to July.
Fimbristylis velata
Fimbristylis velata is a species of sedge native to the North Island of New Zealand and Australia, where it is found in Western Australia, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, Queensland, Victoria, and South Australia.
Swamp Club-rush
Isolepis inundata is a species of sedge native to Papua New Guinea, Australia and New Zealand. Common names include swamp club-rush. It was first described by prolific botanist Robert Brown in 1810.
Isolepis nodosa
Ficinia nodosa, the knotted club-rush or knobby club-rush, is a rhizomatous perennial in the family Cyperaceae, native to Australia and New Zealand. It grows to between 15 and 100 cm in height. It occurs in sandy coastal areas near lakes and sea in Western Australia, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.
grey sedge
Lepironia is a genus of the sedge family, comprising only one species, Lepironia articulata, known as the grey sedge. It is found in Madagascar, India, Sri Lanka, southern China, Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Indochina, Indonesia), New Guinea, and various islands of the western Pacific (Ryukyu Islands, Caroline Islands, Fiji, Tonga, New Caledonia). It also ...more ↓
Feather Sedge
Ptilothrix deusta is a sedge in the family Cyperaceae found in south eastern Australia. It is commonly seen in wet sandy soils in heathland, growing from 30 to 60 cm tall. This is one of the many plants first published by Robert Brown with the type known as "(J.) v.v." Appearing in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen in 1810. The genus name is ...more ↓
Schoenoplectus mucronatus
Schoenoplectus mucronatus (syn. Scirpus mucronatus) is a species of flowering plant in the sedge family known by the common names bog bulrush, rough-seed bulrush, and ricefield bulrush. It is native to Eurasia and Africa it is known on other continents as an introduced species and sometimes a weed. It is a weed of rice fields in California. It grows ...more ↓
Scleria mackaviensis
Scleria mackaviensis is a plant in the family Cyperaceae. It grows as a tufted sedge.
Juncus continuus
Juncus continuus is a plant found in many parts of Australia. Often growing on sandy, moist soils, near fresh water. The specific epithet refers to the continuous pith within the stems. Basal leaves are reduced to sheaths, coloured yellow/green.
Maundia triglochinoides
Maundia is a genus of alismatid monocots, described in 1858. Maundia was formerly included in the family Juncaginaceae but is now considered to form a family of its own under the name Maundiaceae. It contains only one known species, Maundia triglochinoides, endemic to Australia (States of Queensland and New South Wales).
woolly frog's-mouth
Philydrum is a genus of tufted, herbaceous, aquatic macrophyte plants, one of three genera constituting the plant family Philydraceae.
Potamogeton octandrus
Potamogeton octandrus is an aquatic plant species in the genus Potamogeton. It is found in slow moving fresh water.
southern cattail
Typha domingensis, known commonly as southern cattail or cumbungi, is a perennial herbaceous plant of the genus Typha.
