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Plants of Southern New Jersey

                                                                         
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Invasive Aquatic Weeds of Southern New Jersey

Aquatic Plants

common reed
common reed

Eurasian watermilfoil
Eurasian watermilfoil

European waterclover
European waterclover

hydrilla
hydrilla

invasive

parrotfeather
Parrotfeather milfoil

purple loosestrife
purple loosestrife

watercress
watercress

water chestnut
Water chestnut

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water hyacinth
water hyacinth

water lettuce
water lettuce

water primrose
water primrose

yellow flag
yellow flag

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Suggestions for native South Jersey pond plants

 

Sources:

Newcomb-Jones, Carol. Salt Marsh Flowers of Southern New Jersey. Self-published, 1996.

Stone, Witmer. The Plants of Southern New Jersey. Quartermen Publications, Inc. Boston, Mass. Reprinted 1973 from 1911 The Plants of Southern New Jersey with Especial Reference to the Flora of the Pine Barrens and the Geographic Distribution of the Species. 

Tiner, Ralph W., Jr. A Field Guide to Coastal Wetland Plants of the Northeastern United States. University of Massachusetts Press. 1987.

USDA, NRCS. 2008. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 12 August 2008). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA.



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