From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of
plants that grow in
wetland environments, including
aquatic plants and plants that live in the
ecotones between terrestrial and aquatic environments.
Major cosmopolitan groups
These are groups with members found in wetland environments throughout the world.
Ceratophyllum demersum is a cosmopolitan species of aquatic plant.
Drosera , the sundews, are
carnivorous plants with species found on every continent except
Antarctica .
Duckweeds are tiny
flowering plants that float on the surface of water, with members of the group found worldwide.
Isoetes is a cosmopolitan genus of lycophyte known as the quillworts.
Juncus is a genus of monocot commonly known as rushes, found in every continent except Antarctica.
Mangroves are trees or shrubs that grow in salt or brackish water along coastlines. The group consists of numerous unrelated plants that have
convergently evolved . Sometimes, the widely distributed genus
Rhizophora is referred to as the true mangroves.
Pistia , a genus with one species that is native to tropical environments and has further extended its range as an
introduced species .
Phragmites is a genus of plants known as reeds.
Pondweeds are a family of aquatic plant with a subcosmopolitan distribution.
Sagittaria is a genus of plants known as arrowhead or katniss.
Salix , the willows, are native to many areas throughout the world, usually in riparian ecosystems.
Salvinia natans , the floating fern, is native in Africa, Asia, Europe, South America, and introduced elsewhere.
Sedges are a large family of
grass -like plants with many species that form a characteristic part of wetland vegetation.
Sphagnum is a genus of
moss that is found primarily in the Northern Hemisphere, as well as in some areas of
South America ,
New Zealand and
Tasmania . Sphagnum moss is notable because it forms
peat .
Sporobolus , cordgrasses.
Typha , known as cattails or bulrushes, are found throughout the world and a characteristic plant of wetland environments.
Utricularia , known as the bladderworts, are carnivorous plants with species found worldwide.
Water lilies are aquatic flowering plants with leaves that float on the surface of bodies of water.
By distribution
Asia
Acorus calamus , sweetflag
Acrostichum aureum
Aegiceras corniculatum , black mangrove
Avicennia marina
Avicennia officinalis , Indian mangrove
Azolla , mosquito ferns
Barclaya longifolia
Barringtonia acutangula
[1]
Bruguiera gymnorhiza , the large-leafed orange mangrove
Eleocharis palustris , common spikerush
Euryale ferox , prickly waterlily
Excoecaria agallocha , the milky mangrove
Glyptostrobus pensilis , the Chinese swamp cypress, highly endangered
Iris halophila
Kandelia candel , a mangrove species
Lepironia articulata , the gray sedge
Lycopus lucidus
Lysimachia maritima
Nechamandra alternifolia
Nelumbo nucifera , the sacred lotus
Nymphaea nouchali , the blue water lily
Persicaria hydropiper
Persicaria thunbergii
Porteresia coarctata , a type of wild rice that grows in estuaries
[2]
Potamogeton distinctus
Rhizophora mucronata
Sagittaria guayanensis
Sagittaria trifolia
Salix cheilophila
Salix pierotii
Suaeda salsa , seepweed
Typha orientalis , a species of cattail
[3]
Zizania latifolia
Africa
Europe
North America
Acorus americanus , American sweetflag
[10]
Anchistea virginica , Virginia chain fern
Asclepias incarnata , swamp milkweed
Borrichia frutescens , sea oxeye
Caltha palustris , marsh marigold
Cephalanthus occidentalis , buttonbush
Eleocharis palustris , common spikerush
Hibiscus moscheutos , marsh mallow
Iris virginica , southern blue flag
Lycopus americanus , American bugleweed
Lysimachia maritima
Persicaria hydropiper
Sacciolepis striata
Salix nigra , black willow
Sarracenia , North American pitcher plants
Saururus cernuus , lizard's tail
Taxodium distichum , bald cypress
Nelumbo lutea , American lotus
Nuphar lutea , Spatterdock
Nymphaea odorata , fragrant water lily
Nyssa biflora , swamp tupelo tree
South America
Australia, New Zealand and Tasmania
Aegiceras corniculatum , black mangrove
Avicennia marina , gray mangrove
Azolla filiculoides red mosquitofern, found in Tasmania
Bruguiera gymnorhiza , the large-leafed orange mangrove
Casuarina glauca , the swamp she-oak, found in inland Australia
Cordyline australis , endemic to New Zealand
Dicksonia squarrosa , the New Zealand tree fern, endemic to New Zealand
[15]
Dacrycarpus dacrydioides , kahikatea, endemic to New Zealand
Duma florulenta , tangled lignum
Eleocharis sphacelata , giant spikesedge
Eucalyptus robusta
Marsilea drummondii , a widespread aquatic fern in inland Australia known as nardoo
Melaleuca ericifolia
Nymphoides crenata , the wavy marshwort, endemic to Australia
[16]
Ottelia ovalifolia
Persicaria hydropiper
Rhizophora mucronata
Rhizophora stylosa
Samolus repens , the sea primrose
Typha orientalis , a species of cattail
Villarsia , a genus of aquatic flowering plants
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