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Wetland plants of the Hunter NSW

Created by Liz Crane based on Graham Prichard's species list.
This list is an indication of plant species you may encounter in wetlands around the NSW Hunter and Central Coast area. There are many species that can be added to this list, so get involved and help to add them!

Calla Lily 1
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Elephant's ear 2
Alocasia brisbanensis
water lettuce 3
Pistia stratiotes
Lemna disperma 4
Ivy-leaved Duckweed 5
Lemna trisulca
Greater Duckweed 6
Spirodela polyrhiza
Wolffia angusta 6
Vallisneria australis 5
Vallisneria nana 6
common waterweed 7
Elodea canadensis
Brazilian waterweed 8
Egeria densa
Swamp lily
Ottelia ovalifolia
Hydrilla 9
Hydrilla verticillata
Australian Naiad 6
Najas tenuifolia
Najas marina subspecies armata 6
Najas marina armata
Crisp-leaved Pondweed 10
Potamogeton crispus
Blunt Pondweed 5
Potamogeton ochreatus
Potamogeton octandrus 6
Potamogeton pectinatus 6
Perfoliate Pondweed 11
Potamogeton perfoliatus
Floating Pondweed 12
Potamogeton tricarinatus
Horned Pondweed 6
Zannichellia palustris
Arrow Grass 7
Triglochin
Triglochin multifructa 5
Lilaea scilloides 13
Triglochin scilloides
Three-ribbed arrow-grass 6
Triglochin striata
Triglochin procera 14
Cycnogeton procerum
Maundia triglochinoides 6
Ruppia megacarpa 6
Scurvy Weed 15
Commelina cyanea
Common Water Hyacinth 16
Eichhornia crassipes
Kidneyleaf mud plantain 17
Heteranthera reniformis
Philydrum lanuginosum 18
Sphagnum cristatum 5
stoneworts 19
Chara
Nitella spp. 20
Nitella
Floating Crystalwort 5
Riccia fluitans
Ricciocarpus natans 21
Ricciocarpos natans

Edited by lizcrane, Steve Lewer, and gcp, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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