Water Weeds

List of Aquatic Weeds

Species Descriptions

In the publications listed below, the individual species descriptions are categorized as algae and the three vascular growth forms of submersed, emergent, and floating.

MSU Extension personnel: Please order printed copies of these publications through the Extension publications ordering system.
Mississippi residents: Contact your county Extension office for printed copies.

Publication Number	Name	Growth Form	Origin
P3735-00	Herbicide Application for Aquatic Plants
P3735-01	Filamentous Algae \| Including Colonial Forms	Algae	Native
P3735-02	Macroalgae \| Chara and Nitella spp.	Algae	Native
P3735-03	Planktonic Algae	Algae	Native
P3735-04	Bladderwort \| Utricularia spp.	Submersed	Native
P3735-05	Brazilian Egeria \| Egeria densa	Submersed	Non-Native
P3735-06	Canadian Waterweed \| Elodea canadensis	Submersed	Native
P3735-07	Coontail \| Ceratophyllum demersum	Submersed	Native
P3735-08	Fanwort \| Cabomba spp.	Submersed	Native
P3735-09	Hydrilla \| Hydrilla verticillata	Submersed	Non-Native
P3735-10	Pondweeds \| Potamogeton spp.	Submersed	Native and Non-Native
P3735-11	Slender Spikerush \| Eleocharis spp.	Submersed	Native
P3735-12	Southern Naiad \| Najas guadalupensis	Submersed	Native
P3735-13	Watermilfoil \| Myriophyllum spp.	Submersed	Native and Non-Native
P3735-14	Alligator Weed \| Alternanthera philoxeroides	Emergent	Non-Native
P3735-15	American Bur-reed \| Sparganium americanum	Emergent	Native
P3735-16	American Lotus \| Nelumbo lutea	Emergent	Native
P3735-17	Arrowhead \| Sagittaria spp.	Emergent	Native and Non-Native
P3735-18	Bald Cypress \| Taxodium distichum	Emergent	Native
P3735-19	Bulrush \| Schoenoplectus spp.	Emergent	Native
P3735-20	Buttonbush \| Cephalanthus occidentalis	Emergent	Native
P3735-21	Cattail \| Typha spp.	Emergent	Native
P3735-22	Creeping Burhead \| Echinodorus cordifolius	Emergent	Native
P3735-23	Cut Grass \| Leersia and Zizaniopsis spp.	Emergent	Native
P3735-24	Frog’s-Bit \| Limnobium spongia	Emergent	Native
P3735-25	Iris \| Iris spp.	Emergent	Native and Non-Native
P3735-26	Juncus \| Juncus spp.	Emergent	Native
P3735-27	Lemon Bacopa \| Bacopa caroliniana	Emergent	Native
P3735-28	Lizard’s Tail \| Saururus cernuus	Emergent	Native
P3735-29	Parrot’s-feather \| Myriophyllum aquaticum	Emergent	Non-Native
P3735-30	Phragmites \| Phragmites australis	Emergent	Native and Non-Native
P3735-31	Pickerelweed \| Pontederia cordata	Emergent	Native
P3735-32	Smartweed \| Polygonum and Persicaria spp.	Emergent	Native and Non-Native
P3735-33	Spatterdock \| Nuphar advena	Emergent	Native
P3735-34	Torpedograss \| Panicum repens	Emergent	Non-Native
P3735-35	Water Lily \| Nymphae spp.	Emergent	Native and Non-Native
P3735-36	Water Pennywort \| Hydrocotye spp.	Emergent	Native
P3735-37	Water Primrose \| Ludwigia spp.	Emergent	Native
P3735-38	Water Shield \| Brasenia schreberi	Emergent	Native
P3735-39	Water Taro \| Colocasia esculenta	Emergent	Non-Native
P3735-40	Waterleaf \| Hydrolea spp.	Emergent	Native
P3735-41	Water-willow \| Justicia americana	Emergent	Native
P3735-42	Duckweed \| Lemna spp.	Floating	Native
P3735-43	Mosquito Fern \| Azolla spp.	Floating	Native
P3735-44	Salvinia \| Salvinia spp.	Floating	Non-Native
P3735-45	Water Hyacinth \| Pontederia crassipes	Floating	Non-Native
P3735-46	Water Lettuce \| Pistia stratiotes	Floating	Non-Native
P3735-47	Watermeal \| Wolffia spp.	Floating	Native

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