| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar | Spatterdock, Yellow Pondlily, Yellow Waterlily, Pagayeur (frc) |  (c) Ward, Scott G | ||
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar advena | Broadleaf Pondlily, Bonnets | Lakes, ponds, natural depression ponds, old millponds, slow-flowing rivers (blackwater and brownwater), tidal freshwater marshes. | The most widespread and common Nuphar in e. North America, ranging from Maine west to Wisconsin, south to s. Florida, Cuba, Texas, and n. Mexico. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar microphylla | Small-leaved Pondlily | Lakes and ponds. | Nova Scotia, Québec, and Manitoba south to s. New Jersey, se. Pennsylvania, Michigan, Illinois, and Minnesota. |  (c) Watson, Fred - CC-BY-NC |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar orbiculata | Quiet waters in blackwater swamps. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: e. Georgia south to Panhandle Florida and s. Alabama. |  (c) Diamond, Alvin - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG | |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar ozarkana | Ozark Spatterdock | Sluggish water, especially of springs and spring-fed streams. | Endemic to the Ozarks, Interior Highlands of s. Missouri, n. Arkansas, and e. Oklahoma. |  © Paul Barnard |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar rubrodisca | Red-disk Spatterdock | Lakes and ponds. | New Brunswick, Québec, and Ontario south to New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Minnesota. |  (c) Malinowski, Norma - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar sagittifolia | Narrowleaf Pondlily, Alligator Bonnets | Blackwater streams, rivers, and lakes, acid-water ponds, in swift, sluggish, or stagnant water, extending downriver into freshwater tidal areas. | Endemic to our area: e. Virginia south to ne. South Carolina, very conspicuous and locally abundant on shallow bars along rivers such as the Northeast Cape Fear, Black, and Waccamaw, and forming dense colonies in Lake Waccamaw. |  (c) Ward, Scott G |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar ulvacea | Sea-lettuce Pondlily | Blackwater streams. | Endemic to Panhandle Florida, s. Alabama, and recently reported for s. Mississippi (Jackson County) (H. Horne, pers. comm., 2014). |  (c) McLaurin, Lauren - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar variegata | Bullhead-lily | Lakes and ponds. | Widespread in ne. North America, south to Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. |  (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea | Waterlily, Pagayeur (frc) |  (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea ×daubenyana | ||||
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea ampla | Dotleaf Waterlily | Ponds and canals. | Native of tropical and subtropical America, perhaps including s. Florida. |  (c) Alcalá, Alberto - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea capensis var. zanzibariensis | Cape Blue Waterlily | Ponds and canals. | Native of Africa. |  (c) Palmer, Rob - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea elegans | Tropical Blue Waterlily | Ponds, ditches, cypress swamps. | Florida west to Texas, south into Mexico; Bahamas. |  (c) Bradley, Keith |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea jamesoniana | Night-blooming Waterlily, Jameson’s Waterlily | Ponds, canals, and sloughs; perhaps only introduced in our area. | Florida peninsula; West Indies; Mexico, Central America, and South America. |  (c) Hammer, Roger L. |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea lotus | White Egyptian Lotus | Canals, ponds. | Native of Africa. |  (c) Trekker, Agnes - CC0 |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea mexicana | Banana Waterlily, Yellow Waterlily, Herbe au coeur (frc) | Sluggish or stagnant waters; scattered in occurrence and possibly introduced from farther south, but the introduction agents may well be wild ducks, such as canvasbacks. | Ne. North Carolina south to s. Florida, west to Texas, also in sw. United States and Mexico. |  (c) Corder, Brandon |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata | White Waterlily | Ponds, sluggish waters. | Newfoundland and Labrador (Newfoundland) west to Manitoba, south to Florida and Texas and n. Mexico; also scattered in the w. United States as an introduction. |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa | White Water-lily | Ponds and lakes. | Québec and Manitoba south to Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Arkansas (?), and Oklahoma. |  (c) Hohn, Charlie - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaeaceae | Water-lily Family |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |