Aquatic Plants
This list is based off of the E-flora BC "Vascular Plant Collections List (Version Dec. 2010) for Vancouver Island". The source is cited throughout this website as [E-flora]
Species |
Name |
Family |
Status |
Hazards |
Edible |
Other |
Medicinal |
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| Alisma gramineum | narrow-leaved water-plantain | Alismataceae | - | - |
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| Alisma triviale | American water-plantain | Alismataceae | - | - |
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| Alopecurus aequalis | little meadow-foxtail | Poaceae | - | - |
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| Alopecurus geniculatus | water meadow-foxtail | Poaceae | - | - |
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| Azolla caroliniana | eastern mosquito fern | Salviniaceae | - | - |
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| Azolla filiculoides | large mosquito fern | Salviniaceae | - | - |
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| Brasenia schreberi | water shield | Cabombaceae | - | - |
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| Callitriche hermaphroditica | northern water-starwort | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Callitriche heterophylla | Large Water-starwort | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Callitriche marginata | winged water-starwort | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Callitriche palustris | spring water-starwort | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Callitriche stagnalis | pond water-starwort | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Catabrosa aquatica var. aquatica | water whorlgrass | Poaceae | - | - |
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| Ceratophyllum demersum | common hornwort | Ceratophyllaceae | - | - |
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| Ceratophyllum echinatum | spring hornwort | Ceratophyllaceae | - | - |
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| Crassula aquatica | pigmyweed | Crassulaceae | - | - |
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| Egeria densa | Brazilian waterweed | Hydrocharitaceae | - | - |
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| Elatine rubella | three-flowered waterwort | Elatinaceae | - | - |
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| Elodea canadensis | Canadian waterweed | Hydrocharitaceae | - | - |
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| Hydrocotyle ranunculoides | floating water pennywort | Araliaceae | - | - |
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| Lemna minor | common duckweed | Araceae | - | - |
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| Lemna trisulca | ivy-leaved duckweed | Araceae | - | - |
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| Lilaeopsis occidentalis | western lilaeopsis | Apiaceae | - | - |
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| Limosella aquatica | water mudwort | Scrophulariaceae | - | - |
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| Lobelia dortmanna | water lobelia | Campanulaceae | - | - |
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| Ludwigia palustris | water-purslane | Onagraceae | - | - |
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| Lysichiton americanus | skunk cabbage | Araceae | - | - |
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| Megalodonta beckii | water marigold | Asteraceae | - | - |
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| Myosotis scorpioides | European forget-me-not | Boraginaceae | - | - |
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| Myosoton aquaticum | water chickweed | Caryophyllaceae | - | - |
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| Myriophyllum farwellii | Farwell's water-milfoil | Haloragaceae | - | - |
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| Myriophyllum quitense | waterwort water-milfoil | Haloragaceae | - | - |
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| Myriophyllum sibiricum | Siberian water-milfoil | Haloragaceae | - | - |
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| Myriophyllum spicatum | Eurasian water-milfoil | Haloragaceae | - | - |
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| Myriophyllum ussuriense | Ussurian water-milfoil | Haloragaceae | - | - |
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| Myriophyllum verticillatum | verticillate water-milfoil | Haloragaceae | - | - |
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| Najas flexilis | wavy water nymph | Hydrocharitaceae | - | - |
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| Nuphar polysepala | Rocky Mountain pond-lily | Nymphaeaceae | - | - |
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| Nymphaea odorata | fragrant waterlily | Nymphaeaceae | - | - |
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| Nymphaea tetragona | pygmy waterlily | Nymphaeaceae | - | - |
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| Phyllospadix scouleri | Scouler's surf-grass | Zosteraceae | - | - |
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| Phyllospadix serrulatus | toothed surf-grass | Zosteraceae | - | - |
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| Phyllospadix torreyi | Torrey's surf-grass | Zosteraceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton alpinus | northern pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton amplifolius | large-leaved pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton crispus | curled pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton epihydrus | ribbon-leaf pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton foliosus | closed-leaved pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton friesii | flat-stalked pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton gramineus | grass-leaved pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton natans | floating-leaved pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton obtusifolius | blunt-leaved pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton praelongus | long-stalked pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton pusillus | small pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton richardsonii | Richardson's pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton robbinsii | Robbin's pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Potamogeton zosteriformis | eel-grass pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Ranunculus aquatilis | white water-buttercup | Ranunculaceae | - | - |
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| Ranunculus flammula | lesser spearwort | Ranunculaceae | - | - |
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| Ranunculus gmelinii | small yellow water-buttercup | Ranunculaceae | - | - |
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| Ranunculus lobbii | Lobb's water-buttercup | Ranunculaceae | - | - |
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| Ruppia maritima | beaked ditch-grass | Ruppiaceae | - | - |
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| Sagittaria cuneata | arum-leaved arrowhead | Alismataceae | - | - |
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| Sagittaria latifolia | Broad-leaved Arrowhead | Alismataceae | - | - |
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| Scheuchzeria palustris ssp. americana | scheuchzeria | Scheuchzeriaceae | - | - |
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| Sparganium angustifolium | narrow-leaved bur-reed | Typhaceae | - | - |
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| Sparganium emersum | emersed bur-reed | Typhaceae | - | - |
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| Sparganium eurycarpum | broad-fruited bur-reed | Typhaceae | - | - |
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| Sparganium fluctuans | water bur-reed | Typhaceae | - | - |
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| Sparganium hyperboreum | northern bur-reed | Typhaceae | - | - |
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| Sparganium natans | small bur-reed | Typhaceae | - | - |
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| Stuckenia filiformis | slender-leaved pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Stuckenia pectinata | fennel-leaved pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Triglochin concinna | graceful arrow-grass | Juncaginaceae | - | - |
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| Triglochin maritima | seaside arrow-grass | Juncaginaceae | - | - |
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| Triglochin palustris | marsh arrrow-grass | Juncaginaceae | - | - |
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| Utricularia gibba | humped bladderwort | Lentibulariaceae | - | - |
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| Utricularia intermedia | flat-leaved bladderwort | Lentibulariaceae | - | - |
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| Utricularia minor | lesser bladderwort | Lentibulariaceae | - | - |
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| Utricularia ochroleuca | ochroleucous bladderwort | Lentibulariaceae | - | - |
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| Vallisneria americana | American tapegrass | Hydrocharitaceae | - | - |
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| Veronica anagallis-aquatica | blue water speedwell | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Veronica beccabunga | American speedwell | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Veronica scutellata | marsh speedwell | Plantaginaceae | - | - |
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| Wolffia columbiana | Columbian water-meal | Araceae | - | - |
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| Zannichellia palustris | horned pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | - | - |
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| Zostera marina | common eel-grass | Zosteraceae | - | - |
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