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Obligate Wetland Species

Species of plants that occur almost always under natural conditions in wetlands (99%)

Species list is directly from the Florida DEP Chapter 62-340, F.A.C. Data Form Guide

Meadow Jointvetch
Aeschynomene pratensis
Saltmarsh False Foxglove 1
Agalinis maritima
Flaxleaf False Foxglove 2
Agalinis linifolia
Everglades palm 3
Acoelorraphe wrightii
silver maple 4
Acer saccharinum
Acrostichum 5
smooth alder 6
Alnus serrulata
Sessile Joyweed 7
Alternanthera sessilis
american water-plantain 8
Alisma subcordatum
Alligatorweed 9
Alternanthera philoxeroides
Tidalmarsh Amaranth 10
Amaranthus cannabinus
Lake-cress 11
Rorippa aquatica
Southern Amaranth 12
Amaranthus australis
Florida Amaranth
Amaranthus floridanus
redstems 13
Ammannia
Pond Apple 14
Annona glabra
Aquatic Milkweed 15
Asclepias perennis
red milkweed 2
Asclepias rubra
Georgia Indian Plantain 16
Arnoglossum sulcatum
swamp milkweed 17
Asclepias incarnata
Elliott's aster 16
Symphyotrichum elliottii
Perennial Saltmarsh Aster 18
Symphyotrichum tenuifolium
fewflower milkweed 19
Asclepias lanceolata
Climbing Aster 12
Ampelaster carolinianus
annual saltmarsh aster 20
Symphyotrichum subulatum
black mangrove 21
Avicennia germinans
false nettle 22
Boehmeria cylindrica
saltwater false willow 23
Baccharis angustifolia
Bacopa 24
Saltwort 25
Batis maritima
Florida bellflower 12
Rotanthella floridana
Beggarticks 20
Bidens
river birch 23
Betula nigra
prickly bog sedge 26
Carex atlantica
Borrichia 27
Water Starworts 28
Callitriche
bluethreads 29
Burmannia
Canna Lilies 30
Canna
Pennsylvania Bittercress 31
Cardamine pensylvanica
bulbous cress 32
Cardamine bulbosa
fringed sedge 33
Carex crinita
Ravenfoot Sedge 34
Carex crus-corvi
cypressknee sedge 15
Carex decomposita
Elliott's Sedge 35
Carex elliottii
Giant Sedge 36
Carex gigantea
northern long sedge 37
Carex folliculata
Shoreline Sedge 38
Carex hyalinolepis
Howe's sedge 39
Carex atlantica capillacea
Carex Rara Clade 40
Carex leptalea
bristly sedge 41
Carex comosa
awl-fruited sedge 42
Carex stipata
Louisiana sedge 35
Carex louisianica
hop sedge 43
Carex lupulina
water hickory 44
Carya aquatica
buttonbush 41
Cephalanthus occidentalis
sallow sedge 45
Carex lurida
Atlantic white cedar 46
Chamaecyparis thyoides
swamp thistle 47
Cirsium muticum
Sawgrasses 48
Cladium
large spreading pogonia 49
Cleistesiopsis divaricata
Taro 50
Colocasia esculenta
Georgia Tickseed 19
Coreopsis nudata
silky dogwood 51
Cornus amomum
Mayhaw 52
Crataegus aestivalis
Southern Swamp Crinum 53
Crinum americanum
Swamp Flatsedge 54
Cyperus distinctus
Drummond's sedge 55
Cyperus drummondii
Cyperus alterniflorus 56
Jointed Flatsedge 57
Cyperus articulatus
Variable Flatsedge 20
Cyperus difformis
epiphytic flatsedge 58
Cyperus lanceolatus
Deep-Rooted Sedge 59
Cyperus entrerianus
sandswamp whitetop sedge 60
Rhynchospora latifolia
Haspan Flatsedge 44
Cyperus haspan
redroot flatsedge 39
Cyperus erythrorhizos
swamp loosestrife 61
Decodon verticillatus
Papyrus sedge 62
Cyperus papyrus
Saltgrass 63
Distichlis spicata
Thread-leaved Sundew 64
Drosera filiformis
spoonleaf sundew 65
Drosera intermedia
Tracy's sundew 66
Drosera tracyi
sugarcane plumegrass 67
Erianthus giganteus
Baldwin's Plumegrass 15
Erianthus strictus
Three-way Sedge 68
Dulichium arundinaceum
burheads and sword plants 69
Echinodorus
spikerushes 70
Eleocharis
pipeworts 71
Eriocaulon
Marsh Rattlesnake Master 19
Eryngium aquaticum
Madagascar umbrella papyrus 71
Cyperus alternifolius
Jointed Flatsedge 57
Cyperus articulatus
Ocala Vetch
Vicia ocalensis
Eleocharis confervoides 16
Blue Water-Speedwell Complex 72
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
annual wild rice 73
Zizania aquatica
Giant Cutgrass 74
Zizaniopsis miliacea
yellow-eyed grasses 75
Xyris
netted chain fern 76
Woodwardia areolata
False Asphodel 77
Tofieldia calyculata
Bladderworts 78
Utricularia
Three-ribbed Arrowgrass 79
Triglochin striata

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