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Family	Scientific Name	Common Name	Habitat	Distribution	Image
Hydrocharitaceae	Blyxa	Blyxa
Hydrocharitaceae	Blyxa aubertii		Submersed in artificial impoundments.	Native of Asia, Africa, and Australia.
Hydrocharitaceae	Egeria	South American Waterweed
Hydrocharitaceae	Egeria densa	Brazilian Waterweed, "Elodea", "Anacharis"	Ponds and stagnant water of streams or rivers.	Native of South America.
Hydrocharitaceae	Elodea	Waterweed
Hydrocharitaceae	Elodea canadensis	Common Waterweed	Rivers, lakes, ponds, stagnant waters of streams.	QC west to SK, south to NC, Panhandle FL, n. AR, OK, NM, and CA, the southern distribution perhaps only introduced.
Hydrocharitaceae	Elodea nuttallii	Nuttall's Waterweed, Free-flowered Waterweed	Lakes, ponds, stagnant waters of streams.	ME and QC west to MN and ID, south to NC, TN, OK, and NM.
Hydrocharitaceae	Elodea schweinitzii	Schweinitz's Waterweed	Rivers.	NY, n. NJ, and e. PA; perhaps extinct.
Hydrocharitaceae	Halophila	Seagrass
Hydrocharitaceae	Halophila baillonis		Reported, apparently falsely, for the FL Keys, though present in the Caribbean and may wash up on s. FL shores.
Hydrocharitaceae	Halophila decipiens	Caribbean Seagrass	Estuarine waters.	C. and s. peninsular FL; West Indies, Mexico (VER), Central America and n. South America.
Hydrocharitaceae	Halophila engelmannii	Engelmann’s Seagrass	Estuarine waters.	S. FL, west along Gulf Coast (MS, LA) to TX; West Indies; Mexico (TAM, VER) to Central America.
Hydrocharitaceae	Halophila ovalis	Johnson’s Seagrass	Estuarine waters.	Indo-Pacific regions; also West Indies and s. FL (perhaps by introduction?).
Hydrocharitaceae	Hydrilla	Hydrilla
Hydrocharitaceae	Hydrilla verticillata ssp. peregrina	Wandering Hydrilla	Ponds, lakes, rivers, often locally abundant. This species has become a serious aquatic weed.	Native of Korea and adjacent ne. China.
Hydrocharitaceae	Hydrilla verticillata ssp. verticillata	Whorled Hydrilla	Ponds, lakes, rivers, often locally abundant. This species has become a serious aquatic weed.	Native of China and adjacent areas.
Hydrocharitaceae	Hydrocharis	Frog's-bit
Hydrocharitaceae	Hydrocharis morsus-ranae	European Frog's-bit	Flooded and saturated wetlands.	Native of Europe.
Hydrocharitaceae	Hydrocharitaceae	Frog's-bit Family
Hydrocharitaceae	Limnobium	Frog's-bit
Hydrocharitaceae	Limnobium spongia	American Frog's-bit, Spongeplant	Swamps, marshes, ponds, pools.	DE and MD south to s. FL, west to e. TX, north in the interior in the Mississippi Embayment to s. MO and s. IL; disjunct around the Great Lakes (as in n. IN and w. NY). Reports of L. spongia as also in tropical America are based on misapplication of the name to plants that are actually L. laevigatum (Humboldt & Bonpland ex Willdenow) Heine.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas	Naiad, Bushy-pondweed, Water-nymph
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas canadensis	Northern Naiad	Lakes, rivers, impoundments.	ME and MN south to VA, OH, and IN; in the west ID, WA, and OR (at least); also in n. Europe.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas filifolia	Narrowleaf Naiad	Lakes.	Sw. GA (Jones & Coile 1988) and s. AL to FL (Haynes in FNA 2000).
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas flexilis	Northern Naiad	Lakes, rivers, impoundments.	NL (Newfoundland) west to ON, south to CT, MI, and NE; also in the west from AB and SK south to OR and UT.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas gracillima	Slender Naiad, Bushy Naiad	Ponds, lakes, slow-moving streams.	NS west to MN, south to NC, AL, and MO; disjunct in CA (where likely alien).
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas guadalupensis var. floridana		Lakes and streams.	S. GA and s. AL south to FL.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas guadalupensis var. guadalupensis	Common Naiad, Southern Naiad	Lakes, rivers, impoundments.	ME to AB and WA, south to s. FL, TX, and CA, and south through Mexico, Central America, South America; West Indies.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas guadalupensis var. olivacea		Lakes, rivers.	QC, ON, and MB south to NY, IN, IL, and IA.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas marina	Holly-leaf Naiad	Brackish or calcareous waters.	Scattered in ne. and nc. North America; FL; sw. United States, nw. United States (Freeman & Pfingsten 2021), Mexico, Central America, and South America; West Indies; Eurasia.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas minor	Spinyleaf Naiad	Ponds, lakes, and reservoirs, particularly where eutrophic.	Native of Eurasia. This species is apparently a rather recent introduction to North America, now widespread in e. North America.
Hydrocharitaceae	Najas wrightiana	Wright’s Naiad	Blackwater streams, sloughs, freshwater marshes.	S. peninsular FL; West Indies (Cuba); Mexico and Central America (Guatemala, Belize, Honduras).
Hydrocharitaceae	Ottelia	Duck-lettuce
Hydrocharitaceae	Ottelia alismoides	Duck-lettuce	Quiet waters of streams and bayous, and a weed in rice fields.	Native of Asia and Australia.
Hydrocharitaceae	Thalassia	Turtlegrass
Hydrocharitaceae	Thalassia testudinum	Turtlegrass	Seagrass beds in estuarine waters.	E. coast of c. peninsular FL (Indian River County) to s. FL, north along the west coast of FL to the Panhandle, west to TX, thence south through Mexico and Central America to South America; West Indies.
Hydrocharitaceae	Vallisneria	Water-celery, Eelgrass
Hydrocharitaceae	Vallisneria ×pseudorosulata		Aquatic.	Known from coastal and inland FL and inland AL, but likely to be much more widespread.
Hydrocharitaceae	Vallisneria americana	Vallisneria, Water-celery, Tapegrass, Eelgrass	Lakes, rivers, estuaries, sounds.	NS and QC west to ND, south to FL, TX, NM, AZ; south into tropical America {or is this all or partly V. neotropicalis?}.
Hydrocharitaceae	Vallisneria neotropicalis	Large Water-celery, Large Eelgrass	Spring runs; other aquatic habitats.	FL Panhandle, s. FL, and apparently from e. SC west to TX in the Coastal Plain; Cuba.
Hydrocharitaceae	Vallisneria spiralis			Native of Europe, Africa, and s. and w. Asia. Introduced and invasive in the Braden River, FL.