List of Water Lilies and Watershields of Montana
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Nymphaeales
Nymphaeales is an order of plants, which consists of water lilies and other aquatic plants.This order is considered to be a basal, or early diverging, group of angiosperms...
found in Montana. Some of these species are exotics
Introduced species
An introduced species — or neozoon, alien, exotic, non-indigenous, or non-native species, or simply an introduction, is a species living outside its indigenous or native distributional range, and has arrived in an ecosystem or plant community by human activity, either deliberate or accidental...
(not native to Montana) and some species have been designated as Species of Concern.
Hornworts
Family: Ceratophyllaceae- Common HornwortCeratophyllum demersumCeratophyllum demersum is a species of Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant, native to North America but nowadays having a cosmopolitan distribution in temperate and tropical regions...
, Ceratophyllum demersum
Water-lilies
Nymphaeaceae
Nymphaeaceae is a family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called water lilies and live in freshwater areas in temperate and tropical climates around the world. The family contains eight genera. There are about 70 species of water lilies around the world. The genus...
- American Water-lilyNymphaea odorataNymphaea odorata, also known as the Fragrant Water Lily and Beaver Root, is a flower belonging to the genus Nymphaea. It can commonly be found in lake shallows, ponds, and permanent slow moving waters throughout North America where it ranges from Central America to northern Canada...
, Nymphaea odorata - Pygmy Water-lilyNymphaea leibergiiNymphaea leibergii, also known as the Dwarf Waterlily, and Leiberg's waterlily is a perennial emergent aquatic plant belonging to the genus Nymphaea. It can be found across northern North America in ponds and slow moving streams...
, Nymphaea leibergii - Varigated Pond-lilyNuphar variegataNuphar variegata is a plant in the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae. It is native to much of Canada and the northernmost United States.-Description:...
, Nuphar variegata - Yellow Pond-lily, Nuphar polysepala
Watershields
Family: CabombaceaeCabombaceae
Cabombaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. The family has been recognised as distinct by at least some taxonomists and by APG III...
- Watershield, Brasenia schreberi