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.
Acmella oppositifolia
oppositeleaf spotflower
Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: May-Aug
Plant Height: 6-12"
Water Depth: wet soil-3”
Light: full sun/shade
Benefits: erosion control, flowers
Chasmanthium latifolium
inland sea oats
Flower Color: green
Bloom Time: Jun-Oct
Plant Height: 2’-4’
Water Depth: wet soil-6”
Light: part shade/shade
Benefits: erosion control, seeds are food for wildlife
Asclepias incarnata
swamp milkweed
Flower Color: pink-purple
Bloom Time: Jun-Oct
Plant Height: 2’-4.5’
Water Depth: wet soil-6”
Light: full sun/part shade
Benefits: attracts butterflies, host plant for Danaus plexippus and Danaus gilippus caterpillars
Crinum americanum
seven sisters
Flower Color: white, blush
Bloom Time: Jun-Nov
Plant Height: 2’-3’
Water Depth: wet soil-6”
Light: full sun/part shade
Benefits: showy and fragrant flower
Bacopa monnieri
water hyssop
Flower Color: white
Bloom Time: May-September
Plant Height: 6"
Water Depth: wet soil-6”
Light: full sun/part shade
Benefits: ground cover
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Equisetum hyemale
scouringrush horsetail
Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: May-Aug
Plant Height: 6-12"
Water Depth: wet soil-3”
Light: full sun/shade
Benefits: erosion control, flowers
Nelumbo lutea
American lotus
Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: Jun - Sep
Plant Height: 3'-6'
Water Depth: moist soil-48”
Light: full sun
Benefits: underwater structure, showy flowers and seed pods
Nuphar lutea
yellow pond-lily
Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: Mar - Oct
Plant Height: 2’-3’
Water Depth: wet soil-36”
Light: full sun
Benefits: underwater structure and habitat
Nymphaea mexicana
yellow waterlily
Flower Color: yellow
Bloom Time: Mar - Aug
Plant Height: 3'-4'
Water Depth: 12-48”
Light: full sun
Benefits: underwater structure and habitat, showy flowers
Nymphaea odorata
American white waterlily
Flower Color: white
Bloom Time: Mar - Oct
Plant Height: 2’-3’
Water Depth: 18-42”
Light: full sun
Benefits: underwater structure and habitat, vegetation and seeds are wildlife food
Potamogeton nodosus
longleaf pondweed
Flower Color: white/green
Bloom Time: Mar - Aug
Plant Height: 1’-3’
Water Depth: 12-48”
Light: full sun/part shade
Benefits: water oxygenator, food for waterfowl
Potamogeton illinoensis
Illinois pondweed
Flower Color: yellow/green
Bloom Time: Jun - Sep
Plant Height: 1’-3’
Water Depth: 12-48”
Light: full sun/part shade
Benefits: water oxygenator, food for waterfowl