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Ranunculus flammula, lesser spearwort
semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand
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Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort
semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears
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Caltha palustris, May blob, cowslip, kingcup, marsh marigold, meadow bright, water dragon
swamp plant of Europe and North America having bright yellow flowers resembling buttercups
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rush
grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems
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Acorus calamus, calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag
perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
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Calla palustris, water arum, wild calla
plant of wetlands and bogs of temperate regions having small greenish flowers partly enclosed in a white spathe and red berries
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Lysichiton americanum, skunk cabbage
clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe
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Symplocarpus foetidus, foetid pothos, polecat weed, skunk cabbage
deciduous perennial low-growing fetid swamp plant of eastern North America having minute flowers enclosed in a mottled greenish or purple cowl-shaped spathe
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iva, marsh elder
any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America
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sedge
grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers
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cattail
tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes
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sabbatia
any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes
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yellow-eyed grass
any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States
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Alisma plantago-aquatica, water plantain
marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves
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Triglochin maritima, arrow grass
tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock
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grass-of-Parnassus, parnassia
any of various usually evergreen bog plants of the genus Parnassia having broad smooth basal leaves and a single pale flower resembling a buttercup
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Chelone glabra, shell-flower, shellflower, snake-head, snakehead, turtlehead
showy perennial of marshlands of eastern and central North America having waxy lanceolate leaves and flower with lower part creamy white and upper parts pale pink to deep purple
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American brooklime, Veronica americana, brooklime
plant of western North America and northeastern Asia having prostrate stems with dense racemes of pale violet to lilac flowers
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European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga, brooklime
European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America
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Sium suave, water parsnip
stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia
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Sium latifolium, greater water parsnip
large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe
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Sium sisarum, skirret
an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root
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Saururus cernuus, lizard's-tail, swamp lily, water dragon
North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers
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Juncus effusus, bullrush, bulrush, common rush, soft rush
tall rush with soft erect or arching stems found in Eurasia, Australia, New Zealand, and common in North America
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Juncus articulatus, jointed rush
rush of Australia
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Juncus bufonius, toad rush
low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan
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Juncus inflexus, hard rush
tall rush of temperate regions
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Juncus leseurii, salt rush
rush of the Pacific coast of North America
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Juncus tenuis, slender rush
tufted wiry rush of wide distribution
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Iva xanthifolia, burweed marsh elder, false ragweed
tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever
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Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge
African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves
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Cyperus esculentus, chufa, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass
European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
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Cyperus longus, galangal, galingale
European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots
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Cyperus papyrus, Egyptian paper reed, Egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus
tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times
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Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge
a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers
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Carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge
European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla
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Carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge
tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan
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cotton grass, cotton rush
any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes
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Scirpus acutus, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush
widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems
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Scirpus cyperinus, wool grass
sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets
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spike rush
a sedge of the genus Eleocharis
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Typha latifolia, bullrush, bulrush, cat's-tail, nailrod, reed mace, reedmace
tall marsh plant with cylindrical seed heads that explode when mature shedding large quantities of down; its long flat leaves are used for making mats and chair seats; of North America, Europe, Asia and North Africa
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Typha angustifolia, lesser bullrush, narrow-leaf cattail, narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flag
reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia
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American centaury, Sabbatia Angularis, Sabbatia stellaris, bitter floom, marsh pink, rose pink
any of several pink-flowered marsh plant of the eastern United States resembling a true centaury
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Sabbatia campestris, Texas star, prairia Sabbatia
prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers
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Xyris operculata, tall yellow-eye
of Australia
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ribbon-leaved water plantain
a variety of water plantain
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narrow-leaved water plantain
a variety of water plantain
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Parnassia palustris, bog star
plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green