swamp plant

/swɑmp plænt/

Other forms: swamp plants

Definitions of swamp plant

1. noun

   a semiaquatic plant that grows in soft wet land; most are monocots: sedge, sphagnum, grasses, cattails, etc; possibly heath
   synonyms: bog plant, marsh plant

   types:

   Ranunculus flammula, lesser spearwort

   semiaquatic Eurasian perennial crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears; naturalized in New Zealand

   Ranunculus lingua, greater spearwort

   semiaquatic European crowfoot with leaves shaped like spears

   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

   rush

   grasslike plants growing in wet places and having cylindrical often hollow stems

   Acorus calamus, calamus, flagroot, myrtle flag, sweet calamus, sweet flag

   perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots

   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

   Lysichiton americanum, skunk cabbage

   clump-forming deciduous perennial swamp plant of western North America similar to Symplocarpus foetidus but having a yellow spathe

   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

   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

   sedge

   grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers

   cattail

   tall erect herbs with sword-shaped leaves; cosmopolitan in fresh and salt marshes

   sabbatia

   any of various plants of the genus Sabbatia having usually pink cymose flowers; occur from acid bogs to brackish marshes

   yellow-eyed grass

   any of several rushlike plants, especially of the pine barrens of southern United States

   Alisma plantago-aquatica, water plantain

   marsh plant having clusters of small white or pinkish flowers and broad pointed or rounded leaves

   Triglochin maritima, arrow grass

   tufted perennial found in shallow water or marshland; sometimes poisons livestock

   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

   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

   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

   European brooklime, Veronica beccabunga, brooklime

   European plant having low-lying stems with blue flowers; sparsely naturalized in North America

   Sium suave, water parsnip

   stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia

   Sium latifolium, greater water parsnip

   large stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; Europe

   Sium sisarum, skirret

   an Asiatic herb cultivated in Europe for its sweet edible tuberous root

   Saururus cernuus, lizard's-tail, swamp lily, water dragon

   North American herbaceous perennial of wet places having slender curled racemes of small white flowers

   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

   Juncus articulatus, jointed rush

   rush of Australia

   Juncus bufonius, toad rush

   low-growing annual rush of damp low-lying ground; nearly cosmopolitan

   Juncus inflexus, hard rush

   tall rush of temperate regions

   Juncus leseurii, salt rush

   rush of the Pacific coast of North America

   Juncus tenuis, slender rush

   tufted wiry rush of wide distribution

   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

   Cyperus alternifolius, umbrella plant, umbrella sedge

   African sedge widely cultivated as an ornamental water plant for its terminal umbrellalike cluster of slender grasslike leaves

   Cyperus esculentus, chufa, earth almond, ground almond, rush nut, yellow nutgrass

   European sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

   Cyperus longus, galangal, galingale

   European sedge having rough-edged leaves and spikelets of reddish flowers and aromatic roots

   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

   Cyperus rotundus, nut grass, nut sedge, nutgrass, nutsedge

   a widely distributed perennial sedge having small edible nutlike tubers

   Carex arenaria, sand reed, sand sedge

   European maritime sedge naturalized along Atlantic coast of United States; rootstock has properties of sarsaparilla

   Carex pseudocyperus, cypress sedge

   tufted sedge of temperate regions; nearly cosmopolitan

   cotton grass, cotton rush

   any sedge of the genus Eriophorum; north temperate bog plants with tufted spikes

   Scirpus acutus, hardstem bulrush, hardstemmed bulrush

   widely distributed North American sedge having rigid olive green stems

   Scirpus cyperinus, wool grass

   sedge of eastern North America having numerous clustered woolly spikelets

   spike rush

   a sedge of the genus Eleocharis

   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

   Typha angustifolia, lesser bullrush, narrow-leaf cattail, narrow-leaved reedmace, soft flag

   reed maces of America, Europe, North Africa, Asia

   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

   Sabbatia campestris, Texas star, prairia Sabbatia

   prairie herb with solitary lilac-colored flowers

   Xyris operculata, tall yellow-eye

   of Australia

   ribbon-leaved water plantain

   a variety of water plantain

   narrow-leaved water plantain

   a variety of water plantain

   Parnassia palustris, bog star

   plant having ovate leaves in a basal rosette and white starlike flowers netted with green

   type of:

   aquatic plant, hydrophyte, hydrophytic plant, water plant

   a plant that grows partly or wholly in water whether rooted in the mud, as a lotus, or floating without anchorage, as the water hyacinth