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Submerged Aquatic Plants
Wild Celery -- Leaves grow very long and ribbon-like with tips that float on surface
Water Stargrass -- Narrow leaves without a midvein, yellow star-like flower
Watercress -- Grows in tangled masses, with large leaves, common in springs or shallow edges
Sago Pondweed -- Very fine, thread-like leaves that spread as a fan
Naiad -- Whorled or opposite leaves with toothed edges
Leafy Pondweed -- Narrow, grass-like leves, grows very dense
Hydrilla -- A new exotic plant similar to elodea, finely toothed leaves in whorls of three to eight
Floating Pondweed -- Large floating leaves, smaller narrow leaves underwater
Fanwort -- Fan-shaped leaves opposite on stem, plants have gelantinous slime
Curly Pondweed -- Rooted plant with alternate leaves that are toothed and crinkled
Eurasian Watermilfoil -- Feather like leaves, dark reddish appearance
Bladderwort -- Tiny oval-shaped bladders, much of plant floats beneath surface, finely divided leaves
Coontail -- Dense, feathery leaves, whirled around the stem, floats beneath the surface
Elodea -- Leaves are densely whorled or opposite on stem, common aquarium plant