Floating Leaved Plants
Floating leaved plants are rooted in soil and grow into the water column. They have leaves that float on the surface of the water.
Nuphar lutea
spatterdock
Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: Mar-Sep
Plant Height: 2'-3'
Water Depth: wet soil-36”
Light: full sun
Benefits: underwater structure and habistat
Potamogeton diversifolius
diverse-leafed pondweed
Flower Color: green
Bloom Time: Mar-Aug
Plant Height: 2’-3’
Water Depth: 12"-36”
Light: full sun/part shade
Benefits: food for wildlife
Nymphaea mexicana
yellow waterlily
Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: Mar-Sep
Plant Height: 3'-4'
Water Depth: 12"-48”
Light: full sun
Benefits: underwater structure and habitat, showy flowers
Potamogeton nodosus
American pondweed
Flower Color: white/green
Bloom Time: Mar-Aug
Plant Height: 1'-3'
Water Depth: 12"-48”
Light: full sun/shade
Benefits: water oxygenator, food for waterfowl
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Nymphaea odorata
white waterlily
Flower Color: white
Bloom Time: Mar-Oct
Plant Height: 2'-3'
Water Depth: 12"-48"”
Light: full sun
Benefits: underwater structure and habitat, vegetation and seeds are food for wildlife​​
Potamogeton illinoensis
Illinois pondweed
Flower Color: yellow/green
Bloom Time: Jun-Sep
Plant Height: 1'-3'
Water Depth: 12"-48”
Light: full sun/shade
Benefits: water oxygenator, food for waterfowl