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Common Names

Common Names and Hyperlinks to
Aquatic Plants in Alabama

Alligatorweed	Cuban Bulrush	Lake Hygrophila	Spiny-leaf Naiad
			Squarestem Spikerush
American Lotus	Curly-leaf Pondweed	Lizard Tail	Stonewort
Arrow Arum	Dodder	Long-leaf Pondweed	Swamp Smartweed
			Three-square Bulrush
			Three-way Sedge
Arrowhead	Duck Potato	Lyngbya	Torpedo Grass
			Tropical Flat Sedge
Baby Tears	Duckweed	Maidencane	Variable-leaf Pondweed
		Marsh Pennywort
Bladderworts	Eel Grass	Mosquito Fern	Variable-leaf Watermilfoil
Blue-Green Alage	Euglena	Muskgrass	Water Clover
		Narrow-leaf Cattail	Water Fern
Brazillian Elodea	Eurasian Watermilfoil	Parrot Feather	Water Hyacinth
Broad-leaf Cattail
Brown Algae
Bullrushes	Fanwort	Pickerelweed	Water Lettuce
Burr-marigold	Flat Sedge	Purple Toothcup
Buttonbush	Fragrant Water Lily	Silk Algae	Water Net Algae
Cana	Frog's Bit	Slender Spikerush	Water Primrose
	Giant Duckweed	Smartweeds	Watermeal
Common Reed
Coontail	Green Algae	Southern Naiad	Waterpod
Cotton Algae	Hatpins	Southern Water Grass	Watershield
	Hop Sedge
	Horned Beakrush
Creeping Burhead	Horned Pondweed	Spatterdock	Waterwillow
Creeping Rush	Hydrilla	Sphagnum Moss	Widgeon Grass
			Wild Rice
		Spider Lily	Wild Taro
			Yellow Flag
			Yellow Floating Heart

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