Aquatic Plants Research

[HighCountryBassAssassin]

Hey all, 

 

I am currently looking to dig further into aquatic plant identification.  I believe having a better understanding of the aquatic plant life in my area would benefit me as an angler.  I am in CO, but would be fine with just about any publications that include illustrations for identification help.  I find myself naming every aquatic weed I see as Hydrilla, and I am aware that this is just not the case.  I am planning on contacting CPW, but wanted to get input from the community as well. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

[Team9nine]

Florida DEP has one of the more extensive list of aquatic plant resources you can readily access:

 

Resources link

 

Since anglers are often most dealing with submerged aquatic vegetation, this particular presentation is one of the more detailed for identifying a wide variety of common aquatic plants:

 

Submerged Aquatic Plants .PDF

 

 

 

[Tennessee Boy]

https://joneslakemanagement.com/aquatic-weed-id-guide

[HighCountryBassAssassin]

Thanks y'all!

[TnRiver46]

I had to do aquatic plant ID in college and it was a nightmare. It’s much easier to just ask @Team9nine what you are looking at