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

Asian marshweed with one flower starting to bloom.

Asian Marshweed

Arrowleaf elephant ear in group with fountain in background.

Arrowleaf Elephant Ear

Giant arrowhead leaf and flowers.

Giant Arrowhead

Broadleaf arrowhead group with flowers growing out of water.

Broadleaf Arrowhead

duck potato, wapato
Aquatic forget me not large cluster with flowers.

Aquatic Forget Me Not

water forget me not, scorpion grass
American water willow growing in a line in a lake.

American Water Willow

American water plantain growing at edge of pond.

American Water Plantain

American lotus in groups with flowers and buds.

American Lotus

American featherfoil single plant.

American Featherfoil

Alligatorweed group with flowers growing out of pond edge.

Alligatorweed

Red algae all over in water.

Red Algae

red tide
Many groups of Nitella in water with leaves and a stick.

Nitella

stoneworts
Cyanobacteria in water and on rocks on shore.

Cyanobacteria

toxic algae
Blue green algae swirling across pond.

Blue Green Algae

Brown muck along shoreline and into water.

Muck

Murky water with excess nutrients, fish and a few plants visible.

Excess Nutrients

Close up of small pondweed.

Small Pondweed

baby pondweed, narrow leaf pondweed, lesser pondweed, least pondweed
American pondweed close in small cluster.

American Pondweed

long leaf pondweed
Floating leaf pondweed with flower spikes close up on top of the water.

Floating Leaf Pondweed

broad leaf pondweed
Marine naiad close up of spikes and stems.

Marine Naiad

Spiny naiad