The Salient Features of Aquatic Vascular Plants

Fall 2007 -Links
Table 1. The Life Forms of Vascular Hydrophytes (pdf)
Table 2. Web Links - Families and Genera of Aquatic Macrophytes - Pteridophytes - Monocotyledons - Dicotyledons
Links from earlier offerings of this course.
Nymphaea hybrid with adjacent Brasenia (Water Shield).
Victoria amazonica - the Giant Waterlily - habit.
Victoria cruziana habit.
Pictures of people standing on Giant Waterlilies: a child, children, and policemen.
Growing Giant Waterliles from seed.
Nuphar variegata habit.
A batrachian Ranunculus in flower.
An aquatic Ranunculus with submerged and emergent leaves. Note the pollinator!
Another view of an aquatic Ranunculus with heterophyllous leaves.
Typha latifolia with staminate and developing pistillate flowers.
Typha angustifolia with infloresence.
Oserya coulteriana in flower on an exposed rock. A member of the Podostemaceae. The thallus clasps the rock.
Lemna minor with Wolffia (the smallest flowering plant on the earth).
Lemna gibba in bloom. Note the exserted stamen!
Phragmites communis on a page with a variety of aquatic and wetlands plants.
Azolla caroliniana - Mosquito Weed - A free-floating aquatic fern.
Salvinia minima - A free-floating aquatic fern.
Trapa natans - Water Chestnut - Note the fruits! The Chinese Water Chestnut is a different genus.

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