Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Chapter 1. Evolution and Ecology 1
7. Chapter 2. Identification Keys for the Aquatic Plants of Pennsylvania 21
8. Chapter 3. Emergent Plants
9. Arrow-arum, Tuckahoe– Bur-reed Sparganium L 29
10. Cat-tail Typha L.– Smartweed Persicaria (L.) Miller 71
11. Spike-rush Eleocharis R.Br. 111
12. Chapter 4. Floating-leaf Plants 143
13. Chapter 5. Thalloid and/or Tiny Floating Plants 163
14. Chapter 6. Submergent Leafy-stemmed Plants
15. Aquatic mosses–Water star-grass 183
16. Waternymph , Naiad Najas L.– Waterwort Elatine L. 223
17. Chapter 7. Submergent Rosette-forming Plants 241
18. Chapter 8. Submergent Plants with Finely Divided Leaves 255
19. Glossary 291
20. References and Sources 295
21. Appendix Taxonomic List of Plants Included 299
22. Index 305