APPENDIX A 



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Scientific and Common Names 

 of Plants 



Scientific name 



Acer rubrum L. 



Alisma plantago-aquatica L. 



Alnus spp. 



Alnus rugosa (Du Roi) Spreng. 



Alopecurus aequalis Sobol. 



Andromeda glaucophylla Link 



Aristida stricta Michx. 



Ascophyllum spp. 



Ascophyllum nodosum L. 



Aulacomnium palustre (Hedw.) 



Schwaegr. 

 Avicennia germinans (L.) 



Stearn 

 Azolla spp. 



Baccharis halimifolia L. 

 Beckmannia syzigachne 



(Steud.) Fern. 

 Betula pumila L. 

 Brasenia schreberi Gmel. 

 Calamagrostis canadensis 



(Michx.) Beauv. 

 Calopogon spp. 

 Campylium stellatum (Hedw.) 



C. Jens. 

 Carex spp. 

 C. aquatilis Whlent. 

 C. atherodes Spreng. 

 C. lacustris Willd. 

 C. lasiocarpa Erhr. 

 C. lyngbyei Hornem. 

 C. rostrata S. J. Stokes 

 Caulerpa spp. 



Cephalanthus occidentalis L. 

 Ceratophyllum spp. 

 C. demersum L. 

 Chamaecyparis thyoides (L.) 



BSP 

 Chamaedaphne calyculata (L.) 



Moench 

 Chara spp. 

 C. crispa Wallman 

 C. aspera Detharding ex 



Willdenow 

 Chenopodium glaucum L. 



Common name 8 



Red maple 



(Water plantain) 



Alders 



Speckled alder 



Foxtail 



Bog rosemary 



(Three-awn) 



Rockweeds 



(Rockweed) 



(Moss) 



Black mangrove 

 Mosquito ferns 

 Sea-myrtle 



Slough grass 

 Bog birch 

 Water shield 



Bluejoint 

 Grass pinks 



(Moss) 



Sedges 



(Sedge) 



Slough sedge 



(Sedge) 



(Sedge) 



(Sedge) 



Beaked sedge 



(Green algae) 



Buttonbush 



Coontails 



(Coontail) 



Atlantic white cedar 



Leatherleaf 



(Stoneworts) 



(Stonewort) 



(Stonewort) 

 (Goosefoot) 



Scientific name 



Common name 8 



a General common names that refer to a higher taxon and 

 names for which there is little agreement on common name 

 are shown in parentheses. 



C. rubrum L. 

 Chiloscyphus spp. 

 C. fragilis (Roth) Schiffn. 

 Cladium jamaicense Crantz 

 Cladonia rangiferina (L.) 



Wigg. 

 Cladophora spp. 



C. glomerata Kutzing 

 Colocasia esculenta Shott. 

 Conocarpus erectus L. 

 Cornus stolonifera Michx. 

 Cyperus spp. 



Cyrilla racemiflora L. 

 Decodon verticillatus (L.) Ell. 



Dermatocarpon aquaticum 

 (Weiss) A. Zahlbruckner 



D. fluviatile (G. Web) 

 Desmatodon heimii 

 Distichlis spicata (L.) Greene 

 D. stricta (Torr.) Rydb. 

 Drepanocladus spp. 



D. fluitans (Head w.) Warnet. 

 Echinochloa crusgalli (L.) 



Beauv. 

 Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) 



Solms. 

 Eleocharis acicularis (L.) 



R&S 



E. palustris (L.) R&S 

 Elodea spp. 

 Empetrum nigrum L. 

 Enteromorpha spp. 

 Equisetum fluviatile L. 

 Eriophorum spp. 

 Fissidens spp. 



F. adiantoides Hedew. 



F. julianus (Mont.) Schimper 



Fontinalis spp. 



F. antipyretica L. 



Fraxinus nigra Marsh. 



F. pennsylvanica Marsh. 



Fucus spp. 



Fucus vesiculosus C. L. And. 



Glyceria spp. 



Gordonia lasianthus (L.) Ell. 



Habenaria spp. 



Halimeda spp. 



Halodule wrightii Aschus 



Halophila spp. 



(Goosefoot) 

 (Liverworts) 

 (Liverwort) 

 Saw grass 



Reindeer moss 

 (Green algae) 

 (Green algae) 

 Taro 



(Mangrove) 

 Red ozier dogwood 

 Nut grasses 

 Black ti-ti 

 Water willow 



(Lichen) 



(Lichen) 



(Moss) 



(Salt grass) 



(Salt grass) 



(Moss) 



(Moss) 



Barnyard grass 



Water hyacinth 



(Spike rush) 

 (Spike rush) 

 Water weeds 

 Crowberry 

 (Green algae) 

 (Horsetail) 

 Cotton grasses 

 (Moss) 

 (Moss) 

 (Moss) 

 (Moss) 

 (Moss) 

 Black ash 

 (Red ash) 

 (Rockweeds) 

 (Rockweed) 

 Manna grasses 

 Loblolly bay 

 (Orchids) 

 (Green algae) 

 Shoalgrass 

 (Sea grass) 



