Hydrocharitaceae is a flowering plant family including 16 known genera with a total of ca 135 known species (Christenhusz & Byng 2016), that including a number of species of aquatic plant, for instance the tape-grasses, the well known Canadian waterweed and frogbit Hydrocharis morsus-ranae. Pontederiaceae is a family of flowering plants.It is best known for the water hyacinth (Pontederia crassipes), which is an invasive species in many waterways. The highly modified Heteranthera gardneri is a submerged aquatic with a two-flowered pseudanthium. Learn more about Water-weed
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Water-Weed Species Videos
Common Name | Scientific Name | Conservation Status |
Common Frogbit (1 videos) | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | Least concern |
Pickerelweed (4 videos) | Pontederia cordata | Not Available |
Pondweed (6 videos) | Potamogeton marianensis | Not Available |
Schreber's Watershield (2 videos) | Brasenia schreberi | Not Available |
Water Soldier (5 videos) | Stratiotes aloides | Least concern |