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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!

Maundiaceae 1
Water Poppy 2
Hydrocleys nymphoides
Giant Arrowhead 3
Sagittaria montevidensis
Delta Arrowhead 4
Sagittaria platyphylla
European Water-plantain 5
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Damasonium minus 6
Taro 4
Colocasia esculenta
Calla Lily 7
Zantedeschia aethiopica
Elephant's ear 8
Alocasia brisbanensis
water lettuce 9
Pistia stratiotes
Lemna disperma 10
Ivy-leaved Duckweed 6
Lemna trisulca
Greater Duckweed 1
Spirodela polyrhiza
Wolffia angusta 1
Vallisneria australis 6
Vallisneria nana 1
common waterweed 11
Elodea canadensis
Brazilian waterweed 12
Egeria densa
Swamp lily
Ottelia ovalifolia
Hydrilla 13
Hydrilla verticillata
Australian Naiad 1
Najas tenuifolia
Najas marina subspecies armata 1
Najas marina armata
Crisp-leaved Pondweed 14
Potamogeton crispus
Blunt Pondweed 6
Potamogeton ochreatus
Potamogeton octandrus 1
Potamogeton pectinatus 1
Perfoliate Pondweed 15
Potamogeton perfoliatus
Floating Pondweed 16
Potamogeton tricarinatus
Horned Pondweed 1
Zannichellia palustris
Arrow Grass 11
Triglochin
Triglochin multifructa 6
Lilaea scilloides 17
Triglochin scilloides
Three-ribbed arrow-grass 1
Triglochin striata
Triglochin procera 18
Cycnogeton procerum
Maundia triglochinoides 1
Ruppia megacarpa 1

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