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Latin NameCommon NameEdibility RatingMedicinal Rating
Acorus calamusSweet Flag - Calamus34
Acorus gramineusGrass-leaved Sweet Rush, Japanese Sweet Flag, Dwarf Sweet Flag33
Alisma canaliculatum 10
Alisma plantago-aquaticaGreat Water Plantain, ZE-XIE, European water plantain, American water plantain, Northern water plan13
Anemopsis californicaYerba Mansa22
Aponogeton distachyosWater Hawthorn, Cape pondweed, Vleikos20
Azolla filiculoidesAzolla, Pacific mosquitofern00
Beckmannia eruciformisSloughgrass20
Brasenia schreberiWater Shield32
Butomus umbellatusFlowering Rush30
Calla palustrisWater Arum22
Callitriche hermaphroditicaWater Starwort, Northern water-starwort00
Callitriche palustrisCommon Waterwort, Vernal water-starwort10
Caltha leptosepalaWestern Marsh Marigold, Howell's marsh marigold, Sulphur marsh marigold21
Caltha leptosepala howellii 20
Caltha natansFloating marsh marigold11
Caltha palustrisMarsh Marigold, Yellow marsh marigold22
Caltha sinogracilis 10
Cardamine rotundifoliaAmerican Water Cress, American bittercress20
Carex utriculataSedge, Northwest territory sedge20
Catabrosa aquaticaWater WhirlGrass11
Ceratophyllum demersumHornwort, Coon's tail11
Cyperus longusGalingale21
Damasonium alismaThrumwort10
Darmera peltataUmbrella Plant, Indian rhubarb, Indian Rubarb, Indian Rubarb20
Drosera rotundifoliaSundew, Roundleaf sundew13
Eichhornia crassipesWater Hyacinth, Common water hyacinth20
Eleocharis dulcisChinese Water Chestnut41
Eleocharis palustrisCommon Spike-Rush, Common spikerush10
Elodea canadensisCanadian Pondweed, Canadian waterweed01
Equisetum fluviatileSwamp Horsetail, Water horsetail22
Eriophorum angustifoliumCotton Grass, Tall cottongrass21
Eriophorum gracileCotton Grass, Slender cottongrass20
Euryale feroxFoxnut, Euryale32
Glyceria acutifloraCreeping mannagrass10
Glyceria borealisSmall floating mannagrass20
Glyceria fluitansFloating Manna Grass, Water mannagrass30
Glyceria occidentalisNorthwestern mannagrass10
Glyceria plicata 10
Glyceria septentrionalisEastern Manna Grass, Floating mannagrass10
Glyceria striataFowl Manna Grass, Fowl mannagrass10
Glyptostrobus pensilisChinese Swamp Cypress02
Hippuris vulgarisCommon Marestail, Common mare's-tail21
Hottonia palustrisWater Violet01
Houttuynia cordataTsi, Chameleon, Rainbow Plant, Chameleon Plant44
Hydrilla verticillataHydrilla, Waterthyme02
Iris pseudacorusYellow Flag, Paleyellow iris12
Juncus acutusSharp Rush, Spiny rush, Leopold's rush00
Juncus balticusBaltic Rush10
Juncus conglomeratusCommon rush00
Juncus effususSoft Rush, Common rush, Lamp rush, Pacific rush12
Juncus inflexusHard Rush, European meadow rush00
Juncus procerus 00
Jussieva repens 01
Lemna gibbaGibbous Duckweed, Swollen duckweed, Windbags, Duckweed30
Lemna minorDuckweed, Common duckweed12
Lemna trisulcaStar Duckweed01
Lilaea scilloidesAwl-leaf lilaea00
Lobelia cardinalisCardinal Flower03
Ludwigia palustrisWater Purslane, Marsh seedbox01
Lycopus europaeusGypsywort13
Lysichiton americanusYellow Skunk Cabbage, American skunkcabbage32
Lysichiton camtschatcense 10
Lysimachia fortunei 10
Lysimachia nummulariaCreeping Jenny, Moneywort, Creeping Charlie12
Lysimachia paridiformis 02
Lysimachia vulgarisYellow Loosestrife, Garden yellow loosestrife12
Lythrum portulaWater Purslane, Spatulaleaf loosestrife10
Lythrum salicariaPurple Loosestrife23
Marsilea quadrifoliaWater Clover, European waterclover12
Mentha aquaticaWater Mint33
Menyanthes trifoliataBogbean, Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil,23
Metasequoia glyptostroboidesDawn Redwood00
Mimulus geyeriMonkey Flower20
Mimulus guttatusYellow Monkey Flower, Seep monkeyflower22
Mimulus lewisiiGreat Purple Monkey Flower, Purple monkeyflower21
Montia fontanaWater Blinks, Annual water minerslettuce20
Myosotis scorpioidesWater Forget-Me-Not, True forget-me-not01
Myosoton aquaticumWater Chickweed, Giantchickweed11
Myriophyllum spicatumWater Milfoil, Eurasian watermilfoil11
Myriophyllum verticillatumMyriad Leaf, Whorl-leaf watermilfoil10
Najas flexilisNodding waternymph20
Najas gramineaRicefield waternymph10
Najas marinaSpiny Naiad10
Nasturtium microphyllumWatercress, Onerow yellowcress31
Nasturtium officinaleWatercress43
Nasturtium x sterileBrown Watercress43
Nelumbo luteaAmerican Water Lotus, American lotus41
Nelumbo nuciferaSacred Water Lotus, Sacred lotus43
Nuphar advenaCommon Spatterdock, Yellow pond-lily, Varigated yellow pond-lily32
Nuphar japonicum 31
Nuphar luteaYellow Water Lily, Yellow pond-lily, Rocky Mountain pond-lily, Varigated yellow pond-lily32
Nuphar polysepalaSpatterdock, Rocky Mountain pond-lily31
Nuphar pumilaYellow pond-lily31
Nymphaea albaWhite Water Lily, European white waterlily32
Nymphaea candida 22
Nymphaea odorataFragrant Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Nymphaea tetragonaPygmy Water Lily20
Nymphaea tuberosaTuberous Water Lily, American white waterlily33
Nymphoides peltataWater Fringe, Yellow floatingheart22
Nyssa aquaticaWater Tupelo20
Oenanthe aquaticaWater Dropwort, Fineleaf waterdropwort02
Oenanthe javanicaWater Dropwort, Java waterdropwort, Stolon waterdropwort32
Ophiopogon japonicusSnake's Beard, Dwarf lilyturf, Mondo Grass, Monkey Grass, Dwarf Lilyturf23
Orontium aquaticumGolden Club30
Peltandra sagittifoliaWhite Arrow Arum20
Peltandra virginicaGreen Arrow Arum30
Penthorum sedoidesVirginian Stonecrop, Ditch stonecrop12
Phragmites australisCommon Reed, American common reed, Hybrid common reed, European common reed, Subtropical common re52
Phyllospadix scouleriSurf Grass, Scouler's surfgrass20
Polygonum amphibiumWillow Grass, Water knotweed, Longroot smartweed, Water smartweed12
Polygonum coccineumWater Smartweed10
Polygonum hydropiperSmartweed, Marshpepper knotweed22
Pontederia cordataPickerel Weed31
Potamogeton cheesemanii 10
Potamogeton crispusCurly Pondweed20
Potamogeton cristatus 10
Potamogeton distinctus 10
Potamogeton natansBroad-Leaved Pondweed, Floating pondweed31
Potamogeton oxyphyllus 20
Potamogeton pectinatusFennel-Leaved Pondweed31
Potamogeton suboblongus 10
Ranunculus aquatilisWater Crowfoot, White water crowfoot11
Ranunculus flammulaLesser Spearwort, Greater creeping spearwort01
Ranunculus nipponicus 10
Ranunculus reptansCreeping Spearwort10
Ranunculus sceleratusCelery-Leaved Buttercup, Cursed buttercup11
Rorippa amphibiaGreat Yellow Cress30
Rumex aquaticusRed Dock, Western dock13
Rumex hydrolapathumGreat Water Dock11
Sagittaria aginashi 10
Sagittaria brevirostaShort-Beaked Arrow Leaf20
Sagittaria chapmaniiChapman's arrowhead00
Sagittaria cuneataWapato, arumleaf arrowhead41
Sagittaria gramineaChinese Arrowhead, Grassy Arrowhead, Weatherby's arrowhead10
Sagittaria latifoliaDuck Potato, Broadleaf Arrowhead51
Sagittaria rigidaSessile-Fruited Arrowhead30
Sagittaria sagittifoliaArrow Head, Hawaii arrowhead51
Sagittaria sagittifolia leucopetala 31
Samolus valerandiBrookweed, Seaside brookweed21
Saururus cernuusSwamp Lily, Lizard's Tail01
Saururus chinensis 02
Scirpus acutusHard Stem Bulrush31
Scirpus affinis 20
Scirpus americanusAmerican Bulrush20
Scirpus cyperinusWoolly Grass Bulrush, Woolgrass10
Scirpus fluviatilisRiver Bulrush21
Scirpus lacustrisBulrush31
Scirpus maritimusSeaside Bulrush. Cosmopolitan Bulrush31
Scirpus microcarpusPanicled Bulrush31
Scirpus nevadensisNevada Bulrush20
Scirpus paludosusBayonet Grass20
Scirpus subterminalisWater Bulrush20
Scirpus ternatus 10
Scirpus validusRiver Club-Rush21
Scirpus validus creberSoft-Stem Bulrush21
Sium latifoliumWater Parsnip, Wideleaf waterparsnip10
Sparganium americanumBur-Reed, American bur-reed10
Sparganium androcladumBranching Bur-Reed10
Sparganium erectumBur Reed, Simplestem bur-reed21
Sparganium longifolium 10
Sparganium stoloniferum 11
Spirodela polyrrhizaGreat Duckweed, Common duckmeat12
Stratiotes aloidesWater Soldier01
Taxodium distichumSwamp Cypress, Bald cypress, Common Bald Cypress01
Trapa bicornisLing, Horn nut41
Trapa incisa 10
Trapa japonica 10
Trapa natansWater Chestnut42
Triglochin maritimaSea Arrow Grass20
Triglochin palustrisMarsh Arrow Grass20
Triglochin proceraWater Ribbons10
Typha angustifoliaSmall Reed Mace, Narrowleaf cattail53
Typha bungeana 43
Typha davidiana 43
Typha domingensisSouthern Cattail43
Typha glaucaHybrid cattail40
Typha latifoliaReedmace, Broadleaf cattail, Bullrush, Nailrod53
Typha laxmannii 41
Typha minima 23
Typha orientalisBroadleaf Cumbungi43
Utricularia vulgarisBladderwort11
Vallisneria americanaWater Celery, American eelgrass10
Vallisneria spiralisEel Grass12
Veronica americanaAmerican Brooklime, American speedwell21
Veronica anagallis-aquaticaWater Speedwell22
Veronica beccabungaBrooklime, European speedwell11
Veronica catenata 10
Veronica scutellataMarsh Speedwell, Skullcap speedwell10
Wasabia japonicaJapanese Horseradish, Wasabi41
Wolffia arrhizaLeast Duckweed, Spotless watermeal40
Zannichellia palustrisHorned Pondweed00
Zantedeschia aethiopicaArum Lily, Calla lily, White Calla Lily10
Zizania aquaticaWild Rice, Annual wildrice50
Zizania latifoliaManchurian Wild Rice41
Zostera marinaEel Grass, Seawrack21
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