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Utah's Obligate Aquatic Plants
Bennett Hestmark and Mary Barkworth
Species Count: 179
Alismataceae
Alisma gramineum
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Echinodorus berteroi
Sagittaria cuneata
Sagittaria latifolia
Amaranthaceae
Oxybasis rubra
Salicornia rubra
Sarcocornia utahensis
Apiaceae
Berula erecta
Oxypolis fendleri
Sium suave
Apocynaceae
Asclepias incarnata
Araceae
Lemna gibba
Lemna minor
Lemna minuta
Lemna obscura
Lemna trisulca
Lemna valdiviana
Spirodela polyrhiza
Wolffia brasiliensis
Brassicaceae
Nasturtium officinale
Rorippa curvipes
Rorippa palustris
Rorippa sphaerocarpa
Subularia aquatica
Ceratophyllaceae
Ceratophyllum demersum
Cyperaceae
Amphiscirpus nevadensis
Bolboschoenus fluviatilis
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Carex alma
Carex aquatilis
Carex arapahoensis
Carex atherodes
Carex aurea
Carex bebbii
Carex buxbaumii
Carex canescens
Carex capillaris
Carex crawei
Carex diandra
Carex disperma
Carex echinata
Carex gynocrates
Carex hystericina
Carex illota
Carex interior
Carex kelloggii
Carex lachenalii
Carex lasiocarpa
Carex leptalea
Carex limosa
Carex luzulina
Carex microglochin
Carex microptera
Carex multicostata
Carex nebrascensis
Carex nelsonii
Carex neurophora
Carex pachystachya
Carex parryana
Carex pellita
Carex praeceptorum
Carex retrorsa
Carex saxatilis
Carex sheldonii
Carex stipata
Carex utriculata
Carex vesicaria
Carex viridula
Cladium californicum
Cyperus acuminatus
Cyperus erythrorhizos
Cyperus squarrosus
Cyperus strigosus
Cyperus subsquarrosus
Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis bella
Eleocharis bolanderi
Eleocharis coloradoensis
Eleocharis ovata
Eleocharis palustris
Eleocharis parishii
Eleocharis parvula
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Eleocharis rostellata
Fimbristylis thermalis
Kobresia simpliciuscula
Schoenoplectus acutus
Schoenoplectus americanus
Schoenoplectus pungens
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Scirpus microcarpus
Scirpus pallidus
Haloragaceae
Myriophyllum sibiricum
Myriophyllum spicatum
Myriophyllum verticillatum
Hydrocharitaceae
Elodea bifoliata
Elodea canadensis
Elodea densa
Hydrilla verticillata
Najas flexilis
Najas guadalupensis
Najas marina
Isoetaceae
Isoëtes bolanderi
Isoëtes howellii
Isoëtes melanopoda
Juncaceae
Juncus articulatus
Juncus bryoides
Juncus bufonius
Juncus compressus
Juncus filiformis
Juncus gerardii
Juncus nodosus
Juncus tweedyi
Juncaginaceae
Triglochin maritima
Triglochin palustris
Lentibulariaceae
Utricularia intermedia
Utricularia macrorhiza
Utricularia minor
Marsileaceae
Marsilea vestita
Menyanthaceae
Menyanthes trifoliata
Nymphaeaceae
Nuphar lutea
Nymphaea odorata
Onagraceae
Ludwigia palustris
Phrymaceae
Erythranthe glabrata
Erythranthe guttata
Plantaginaceae
Callitriche hermaphroditica
Callitriche heterophylla
Poaceae
Agrostis humilis
Alopecurus aequalis
Alopecurus geniculatus
Beckmannia syzigachne
Calamagrostis canadensis
Catabrosa aquatica
Cinna latifolia
Crypsis alopecuroides
Distichlis spicata
Eragrostis hypnoides
Glyceria borealis
Glyceria grandis
Glyceria striata
Leersia oryzoides
Paspalum distichum
Phalaris arundinacea
Polypogon viridis
Puccinellia distans
Puccinellia fasciculata
Puccinellia nuttalliana
Spartina pectinata
Polygonaceae
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria hydropiper
Potamogetonaceae
Potamogeton alpinus
Potamogeton crispus
Potamogeton epihydrus
Potamogeton foliosus
Potamogeton friesii
Potamogeton gramineus
Potamogeton illinoensis
Potamogeton natans
Potamogeton nodosus
Potamogeton praelongus
Potamogeton pusillus
Potamogeton richardsonii
Potamogeton robbinsii
Potamogeton strictifolius
Potamogeton zosteriformis
Stuckenia pectinata
Stuckenia striata
Zannichellia palustris
Ranunculaceae
Ranunculus aquatilis
Ruppiaceae
Ruppia maritima
Salviniaceae
Salvinia molesta
Typhaceae
Sparganium angustifolium
Sparganium emersum
Sparganium eurycarpum
Sparganium natans
Typha domingensis
Typha latifolia
Typha × glauca