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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Alismataceae	Alisma	Water-plantain
Alismataceae	Alisma gramineum	Grassleaf Water-plantain	In seasonally flooded areas in impoundments.	This species is circumboreal, ranging in North America south to e. VA, NY, WI, s. MO, NM, and CA.
Alismataceae	Alisma subcordatum	Southern Water-plantain	Marshes, ponds, stream edges.	MA west to ND, south to GA and TX.
Alismataceae	Alisma triviale	Northern Water-plantain	Marshes and swamps.	NL (Newfoundland) west to AK, south to s. NJ, s. PA, OH, IN, AR, OK, NM, AZ, CA, and n. Mexico (and according to Fernald to MD and WV). Discovered in KY Mountains by V. Voelker (pers.comm.).
Alismataceae	Alismataceae	Water-plantain Family
Alismataceae	Echinodorus	Burhead
Alismataceae	Echinodorus berteroi	Tall Burhead, Upright Burhead	Ponds, marshes, ditches, typically in seasonally flooded situations.	OH, IL, and ND south to e. Panhandle FL, s. FL, sw. GA, and TX, south through Mexico; West Indies; South America. Reported for s. FL (Lange, Bradley, & Sadle [in prep.]).
Alismataceae	Echinodorus cordifolius	Creeping Burhead	Swamps, ditches, wet thickets, especially on base-rich substrates, such as over calcareous or mafic rocks.	MD south to c. peninsular FL, west to TX, south into Mexico (CAM, SLP, TAM, VER, YUC), South America, West Indies), and north in the interior (primarily in the Mississippi Embayment) to s. IL.
Alismataceae	Echinodorus grandiflorus	Large Burhead	Swamps.	Native of South America.
Alismataceae	Helanthium	Dwarf-burhead
Alismataceae	Helanthium tenellum	Mud-babies, Dwarf-burhead	On drawdown zones of Coastal Plain ponds, pineland ponds, pondcypress savannas in clay-based Carolina bays, blackwater riverbanks, or ponds in the Mountains with Coastal Plain affinities (Augusta County, VA); also apparently adventive on drawdown zones of artificial impoundments (Lake Chatuge, sw. NC and n. GA).	MA west to MI and KS, south to c. peninsular FL and s. TX, but widely scattered and disjunct in that range; also Mexico (CHP, GRO, VER), Central America, South America; West Indies. See Belden et al. (2004) for a discussion of the species in Virginia.
Alismataceae	Hydrocleys	Water-poppy
Alismataceae	Hydrocleys nymphoides	Water-poppy	Ponds and canals; cultivated in aquaria and spread by throw-outs.	Native of Central and South America.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria	Arrowhead, Katniss, Flecha de Agua
Alismataceae	Sagittaria ambigua	Plains Arrowhead, Kansas Arrowhead	Pond and lake shores, ditches.	IN and w. IL west to KS, south to s. MO and e. OK.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria australis	Appalachian Arrowhead, Longbeak Arrowhead	Marshes, swamps, rivershores, backwaters, margins of ponds and lakes.	NY west to s. IN and se. MO, south to SC, Panhandle FL, and MS.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria brevirostra	Midwestern Arrowhead, Shortbeak Arrowhead	Shores, shallow water.	OH west to ND, south to n. VA, e. TN, AL, and TX.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria calycina	Hooded Arrowhead	Seasonally exposed shores and flats of ponds, pools, and impoundments.	N. OH and MI west to SD and CO, south to sw. VA, c. TN, LA, TX, and Mexico; disjunct in CA. Scattered occurrences eastwards are difficult to interpret as to 'nativeness', being primarily or entirely in manmade wetlands, to which they may have arrived by a diversity of means. First reported for SC by Hill & Horn (1997).
Alismataceae	Sagittaria chapmanii	Chapman's Arrowhead	Limesink (doline) ponds with drawdown hydrology, mucky ditches.	E. NC south to s. FL, west to e. LA. First reported for SC by Nelson & Kely (1997). reports from west of the Mississippi River are based on misidentifications of S. platyphylla.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria cuneata	Northern Arrowhead, Arumleaf Arrowhead, Wapato	Ponds, marshes, shores.	NS west to AK, south to CT, nw. NJ, nw. PA, IN, IL, IA, OK, n. TX, NM, AZ, and CA.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria engelmanniana	Blackwater Arrowhead, Engelmann's Arrowhead	Blackwater streambanks, sphagnum bogs, pocosins, beaver ponds.	MA and NY south to s. FL and s. AL, primarily on the Coastal Plain (rarely disjunct inland).
Alismataceae	Sagittaria fasciculata	Bunched Arrowhead	Bogs, ditches adjacent to drained bogs, wooded seepage areas.	Endemic to a several-county area in sw. NC and nw. SC, where most of its former habitat has been drained.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria filiformis	Threadleaf Arrowhead	Swiftly flowing water of blackwater rivers and streams, blackwater lake shores, tidal waters.	As conceived here, probably ranging from ME south to s. FL, s. AL, and s. MS.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria graminea	Grassleaf Arrowhead	Marshes, ponds, freshwater and oligohaline tidal marshes.	NL (Newfoundland) and NL (Labrador) west to MN and SD, south to s. FL and c. TX; West Indies.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria guayanensis ssp. guayanensis	Guayana Arrowhead	Disturbed wetlands, rice fields.	Native of Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria isoetiformis	Quillwort Arrowhead	Pineland ponds, clay-based Carolina bays, natural lake shoreline marshes, other seasonally flooded depressions.	Se. NC south to s. peninsular FL, west to s. MS (Sorrie & Leonard 1999); w. Cuba (POWO 2024).
Alismataceae	Sagittaria kurziana	Spring-tape	Spring-runs.	Panhandle and n. and c. peninsular FL.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria lancifolia var. lancifolia	Bulltongue Arrowhead	Marshes, swamps.	E. SC south to s. FL, west to FL Panhandle; West Indies; n. South America. Reports further west in the Gulf Coastal Plain (MS and LA) are unverified.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria lancifolia var. media	Scimitar Arrowhead	Freshwater to brackish (mesohaline) tidal marshes.	S. DE south to ne. FL, FL Panhandle, west to TX; scattered in Central America and n. South America.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria latifolia var. latifolia	Common Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead	Marshes, swamps, farm ponds, ditches, bogs.	NS west to BC, south to tropical America (rare in the Appalachian region).
Alismataceae	Sagittaria latifolia var. pubescens	Common Arrowhead, Broadleaf Arrowhead	Bogs, marshes.	C. PA, OH, and TN, south to n. FL and e. LA, centered in the Appalachians.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria longiloba	Long-lobe Arrowhead, Flecha de Agua	Swamps, ponds, ditches.	NE, NM, AZ, and CA south to s. TX and Mexico; Nicaragua, Venezuela.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria macrocarpa		Beaverponds, old millponds, sometimes under gum and maple canopy.	Apparently endemic to the Coastal Plain of the Carolinas; potentially to be expected in e. GA
Alismataceae	Sagittaria montevidensis	Giant Arrowhead	Disturbed areas, marshes.	Native of South America. Most of the collections from the southeastern United States are old collections around major seaports, suggesting that this plant was introduced on the ballast of sailing ships.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria papillosa	Nipple-bract Arrowhead	Bogs, swamps, ditches, depressions.	C. AR and se. OK south to s. LA and c. TX; rarely disjunct east of the Mississippi in se. LA and s. MS, and ec. NC (Johnston County; P.D. McMillan, pers.comm., 2024).
Alismataceae	Sagittaria platyphylla	Delta Arrowhead	Marshes, ditches, farm ponds, pondcypress wetlands, canals.	VA, OH, IL, MO, and OK, south to FL, TX, and Mexico. The distribution of this species is primarily in the Mississippi drainage; occurrences east of the Appalachians may be introduced, either by humans or by waterfowl. First reported for VA by Wieboldt et al. (1998). Reported for c. FL (Orange County) by Dalager (2022, who considers it as introduced there and likely via the aquatic plant industry.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria rigida	Sessile-fruited Arrowhead, Stiff Arrowhead	Natural mountain ponds, wet meadows.	ME, QC, MN, and MB south to w. VA, nc. TN, MO, nw. AR, and NE.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria secundifolia	Little River Water-plantain, Kral's Arrowhead	Crevices in sandstone bedrock in streambeds.	Endemic to se. TN, nw. GA, and nc. AL.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria spongiosa	Tidal Arrowhead	Tidal marshes and mud flats.	NB south to e. NC along the coast.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria subulata	Dwarf Arrowhead, Awl-leaf Arrowhead	Tidal marshes and mud flats.	MA and NY south to n. peninsular FL and MS; allegedly also in n. South America (POWO 2024).
Alismataceae	Sagittaria teres	Slender Arrowhead	Ponds.	MA south to s. NJ.
Alismataceae	Sagittaria weatherbiana	Weatherby’s Arrowhead	Fresh to brackish marshes, tidal cypress-gum swamps, streambanks, pineland pools.	Se. VA south to Panhandle FL.