Aquatic Plants

To help you identify what aquatic plants you have in your lake or pond, we have created the tools below. If you have a good close-up photo of your plant, our Reverse Image Search does the work for you. Simply upload your photo using the submission box below. Otherwise, consult ourย Aquatic Plant Digital Field Guideย to determine what plant(s) you have based on observable characteristics.

Reverse Image Search Aquatic Plant Identifier



Aquatic Plant Identifier Digital Field Guide

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Free Floating Plants

Submersed Plants

Rooted Floating Plants

Emergent Plants

Water Color/Quality

Pond sedge in groups growing out of the water.

Pond Sedges

Close up of common pennywort leaves.

Water Pennyworts

Close up of torpedo grass seeds.

Torpedo Grass

Large cluster of panic grass.

Panic Grass

Mud plantain in the water.

Mud Plantain

Close up of marsh dewflower.

Marsh Dewflower

marsh dayflower, Asian spiderwort
Horsetail stems close up.

Horsetail

rough horsetail
Giant reed in large group.

Giant Reed

Flowering rush flowers, some buds, some open, some spent on a single plant.

Flowering Rush

European water chestnut in shallow water.

European Water Chestnut Plant

water caltrop
Crested floating heart flowers and leaves.

Crested Floating Heart

Cordgrass cluster in sand.

Cordgrass

common cordgrass, smooth cordgrass, prairie cordgrass
Common rush group close up.

Common Rush

soft rush, pencil grass, mat rush
Common pipewort coming out of the water.

Common Pipewort

Cogongrass in field.

Cogongrass

Chinese water chestnut growing in mud.

Chinese Water Chestnut Plant

Carolina pony's foot dark green close up.

Carolina Pony’s Foot

Bur marigold flowers and leaves close up.

Bur Marigold

marsh beggartick, smallfruit beggartick
Blue waterleaf flowers and buds.

Blue Waterleaf

ovate false fiddleleaf
Blue flag at water's edge with bridge in background.

Blue Flag