| Family | Scientific Name | Common Name | Habitat | Distribution | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar | Spatterdock, Yellow Pondlily |  (c) Ward, Scott G | ||
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar advena | Broadleaf Pondlily | 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 ME west to WI, south to s. FL, Cuba, TX, and n. Mexico. |  (c) Sorrie, Bruce A. - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar microphylla | Small-leaved Pondlily | Lakes and ponds. | NS, QC, and MB south to s. NJ, se. PA, MI, IL, and MN. |  (c) Watson, Fred - CC-BY-NC |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar orbiculata | Quiet waters in blackwater swamps. | A Southeastern Coastal Plain endemic: e. GA south to Panhandle FL and s. AL. |  (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. MO, n. AR, and e. OK. |  © Paul Barnard |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar rubrodisca | Red-disk Spatterdock | Lakes and ponds. | NB, QC, and ON south to NJ, PA, MI, and MN. |  (c) Malinowski, Norma - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar sagittifolia | Narrowleaf Pondlily, 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. VA south to ne. SC, 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 FL, s. AL, and recently reported for s. MS (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 DE, NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, IA, and NE. |  (c) Danielson, Erik |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea | Waterlily |  (c) Bradley, Keith | ||
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea ×daubenyana | ||||
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea ampla | Dotleaf Waterlily | Ponds and canals. | Native of tropical and subtropical America, perhaps including s. FL. |  (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. | FL west to TX, 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. | FL 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 | 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. NC south to s. FL, west to TX, also in sw. United States and Mexico. |  (c) Corder, Brandon |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata | White Waterlily | Ponds, sluggish waters. | NL (Newfoundland) west to MB, south to FL and TX 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. | QC and MB south to MD, NJ, PA, OH, IN, IL, AR (?), and OK. |  (c) Hohn, Charlie - CC-BY |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaeaceae | Water-lily Family |  (c) Ware, Richard & Teresa - CC-BY-NC, permission granted to NCBG |