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Photo of lotus in pool at Duck Creek CA

American Lotus

Nelumbo lutea

Edible

Photo of autumn sneezeweed flowerheads, closeup.

Autumn Sneezeweed

Helenium autumnale

Photo of bushy clump of brown-eyed Susan plants.

Brown-Eyed Susan

Rudbeckia triloba

Photo of Carolina false dandelion flowerhead.

Carolina False Dandelion

Pyrrhopappus carolinianus

Edible

Photo of several cattail flowering stalks

Cattails

Typha spp.

Edible

Photo of chara, an alga with stemlike and leaflike structures

Chara (Muskgrass; Stonewort)

Chara spp.

Photo of cleavers flower cluster with developing fruits

Cleavers (Bedstraw; Goose Grass)

Galium aparine

Photo of closed gentian flowers

Closed Gentian (Bottle Gentian)

Gentiana andrewsii

Photo of common cinquefoil plants with flowers

Common Cinquefoil

Potentilla simplex

Photo of common water hemlock or spotted cowbane flowers

Common Water Hemlock

Cicuta maculata

Poisonous

Photo of coontail aquatic plant with penny for scale

Coontail (Hornwort)

Ceratophyllum demersum

Photo of copper iris plants with flowers

Copper Iris

Iris fulva

Photo of an ebony spleenwort plant growing among moss and fallen leaves

Ebony Spleenwort

Asplenium platyneuron

Photo of several big bluestem seed heads against a blue sky.

Grasses

All true grasses (species in the grass family).

Photo of hispid buttercup plant with flower

Hispid Buttercup

Ranunculus hispidus

Photo of common scouring rush, many stems in a colony

Horsetails (Scouring Rushes)

Equisetum (3 spp. in Missouri)

Photo of a clump of hydrilla held in a hand

Hydrilla

Hydrilla verticillata

Invasive

Photo of lance-leaved loosestrife plant with flowers

Lance-Leaved Loosestrife

Lysimachia lanceolata

Photo of a large-flowered gaura inflorescence

Large-Flowered Gaura

Oenothera filiformis (formerly Gaura longiflora, G. biennis)

Photo of midwestern arrowhead male flowers and buds.

Midwestern Arrowhead

Sagittaria brevirostra

Edible

Photo of whorled milkweed flowers.

Milkweeds

Subfamily Asclepiadoideae

Photo of mullein basal leaves

Mullein

Verbascum thapsus

Photo of southern naiad aquatic plant with a penny for scale

Naiads (Water Nymphs; Waterweeds)

Najas spp.

Photo of ox-eye daisies in a grassy field

Ox-Eye Daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare (formerly Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)

Photo of pale Indian plantain flower clusters.

Pale Indian Plantain

Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (also Cacalia atriplicifolia)

No photo available

Philadelphia Fleabane

Erigeron philadelphicus

Photo of purple-headed sneezeweed flowerhead showing round, purplish disk.

Purple-Headed Sneezeweed

Helenium flexuosum

Photo of pussytoes showing fuzzy white flowering heads

Pussytoes (Indian Tobacco)

Antennaria parlinii

Photo of a Queen Anne's lace flower cluster, seen from the top

Queen Anne’s Lace (Wild Carrot)

Daucus carota

Edible

Photo of path rush, closeup showing drying fruits.

Rushes

Juncus spp. and Luzula spp.

Photo of eastern woodland sedge plant growing among leaf litter.

Sedges

Carex, Schoenoplectus, Scirpus, and other genera

Photo of southern blue flag iris plants with flowers

Southern Blue Flag (Virginia Iris)

Iris virginica

Poisonous

Photo of a spatterdock flower held against a leaf

Spatterdock (Yellow Pond Lily)

Nuphar advena (formerly N. lutea)

Edible

Photo of spring beauty plants and flowers

Spring Beauty

Claytonia virginica

Edible

Photo of spring cress flower clusters

Spring Cress (Bitter Cress)

Cardamine bulbosa

Edible

Photo of star of Bethlehem cluster of plants with flowers

Star of Bethlehem

Ornithogalum umbellatum

Poisonous

Photo of a starry campion flower

Starry Campion (Catchfly)

Silene stellata

Photo of two-flowered Cynthiana flower

Two-Flowered Cynthia (Orange Dwarf Dandelion)

Krigia biflora

Photo of water milfoil plants along the shore of a pond

Water Milfoils

Myriophyllum spp.

Photo of white anemone

White Anemone (Windflower)

Anemone canadensis

Photo of white avens flower and upper stem leaves.

White Avens (Red Root)

Geum canadense

Photo of white heath aster flowers

White Heath Aster

Symphyotrichum pilosum (formerly Aster pilosus)