List of Flora
for Ditches
| –––– Ditch Flora –––– | |
| Scientific Name | Common Name |
| Alisma subcordatum | Water Plantain |
| Alisma triviale | Large-Flowered Water Plantain |
| Ammannia coccinea | Scarlet Toothcup |
| Apocynum cannabinum | Common Dogbane |
| Asclepias incarnata | Swamp Milkweed |
| Aster lanceolatus | Panicled Aster |
| Bacopa rotundifolia | Water Hyssop |
| Barbarea vulgaris * | Yellow Rocket |
| Bidens spp. | Beggarticks, Swamp Marigolds, etc. |
| Bidens cernua | Nodding Swamp Marigold |
| Bidens frondosa | Common Beggar's Ticks |
| Bidens vulgata | Tall Beggar's Ticks |
| Cannabis sativa * | Marijuana |
| Carex spp. | Sedges |
| Carex aquatilis substricta | Aquatic Sedge |
| Carex comosa | Porcupine Sedge |
| Carex cristatella | Round-Headed Sedge |
| Carex frankii | Frank's Sedge |
| Carex hyalinolepis | Ditch Sedge |
| Carex molesta | Troublesome Sedge |
| Carex pellita (syn. Carex lanuginosa) |
Woolly Sedge |
| Carex praegracilis ** | Expressway Sedge |
| Carex stipata | Spongy Sedge |
| Carex tribuloides | Blunt Broom Sedge |
| Carex vulpinoidea | Foxtail Sedge |
| Cicuta maculata | Water Hemlock |
| Commelina diffusa | Creeping Day Flower |
| Conium maculatum * | Poison Hemlock |
| Cyperus erythrorhizos | Red-Rooted Flat-sedge |
| Cyperus esculentus | Yellow Nut Sedge |
| Cyperus strigosus | Straw-Colored Flat-Sedge |
| Cyperus squarrosus §§ (syn. Cyperus aristatus) |
Awned Flat-Sedge |
| Echinochloa crus-galli * | Barnyard Grass |
| Echinochloa muricata | Barnyard Grass |
| Echinodorus berteroi | Bur-Head sp. |
| Echinodorus cordifolius | Creeping Bur-Head |
| Echinodorus stenellus | Small Bur-Head |
| Eclipta prostrata | Yerba de Tajo |
| Eleocharis spp. | Miscellaneous Spike-Rushes |
| Elodea canadensis § | Common Waterweed |
| Epilobium hirsutum * | Hairy Willow-Herb |
| Equisetum arvensis | Common Horsetail |
| Equisetum fluviatile | Water Horsetail |
| Equisteum hyamale affinis | Scouring Rush |
| Erianthus giganteus | Sugarcane Plume Grass |
| Erianthus strictus | Narrow Plume Grass |
| Erigeron philadelphicus | Marsh Fleabane |
| Eupatorium coelestinum | Mistflower |
| Eupatorium perfoliatum | Common Boneset |
| Gratiola virginiana | Hedge Hyssop |
| Helenium autumnale | Sneezeweed |
| Helianthus grosseserratus | Saw-toothed Sunflower |
| Heteranthera multiflora | Mud Plantain sp. |
| Impatiens capensis | Orange Jewelweed |
| Impatiens pallida | Yellow Jewelweed |
| Iris pseudacorus * | Yellow Iris |
| Iris virginica shrevei | Southern Blue Flag |
| Isoetes melanopoda | Black-Based Quillwort |
| Iva annua | Marsh Elder (or Sumpweed) |
| Iva xanthifolia | Marsh Elder (or Sumpweed) |
| Juncus acuminatus | Pointed Rush |
| Juncus brachycarpus | Short-Fruited Rush |
| Juncus bufonius §§ | Toad Rush |
| Juncus dudleyi | Dudley's Rush |
| Juncus diffusissimus | Long-Fruited Rush |
| Juncus effusus | Soft Rush |
| Juncus interior | Inland Rush |
| Juncus marginatus §§ | Grass-Leaved Rush |
| Juncus nodatus | Stout Rush |
| Juncus torreyi | Torrey's Rush |
| Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cut Grass |
| Lemna minor § | Lesser Duckweed |
| Ludwigia palustris | Marsh Purslane |
| Ludwigia polycarpa | False Loosestrife |
| Mimulus ringens | Monkey Flower |
| Muhlenbergia frondosa | Common Satin Grass |
| Myosotis scorpioides * | Forget-Me-Not |
| Myosoton aquaticum * | Water Chickweed |
| Myriophyllum spp. § | Water Milfoil spp. |
| Paspalum laeve | Smooth Bead Grass |
| Paspalum lentiferum | Bead Grass sp. |
| Paspalum publiflorum glabrum | Bead Grass sp. |
| Penthorum sedoides | Ditch Stonecrop |
| Persicaria hydropiper * | Water Pepper |
| Persicaria lapathifolia | Pale Smartweed |
| Persicaria punctata | Dotted Smartweed |
| Persicaria vulgaris * | Lady's Thumb |
| Phalaris arundinacea | Reed Canary Grass |
| Phragmites australis ** | Common Reed |
| Phyla lanceolata | Fogfruit (or Frogfruit) |
| Potamogeton spp. § | Pondweed spp. |
| Proserpinacea palustris | Mermaid Weed |
| Ranunculus ambigens | Spearwort sp. |
| Ranunculus flabellaris § | Yellow Water Crowfoot |
| Ranunculus laxicaulis | Spearwort sp. |
| Ranunculus pusillus | Small Spearwort |
| Ranunculus sceleratus | Cursed Crowfoot |
| Rorippa palustris | Common Yellow Cress |
| Rorippa sessiliflora | Sessile-Flowered Yellow Cress |
| Rorippa sylvestris * | Creeping Yellow Cress |
| Rotala ramosior | Wheelwort |
| Ruppia cirrhosa ** | Ditch Grass |
| Rumex altissimus | Pale Dock |
| Sagittaria spp. § | Arrowhead spp. |
| Sagittaria latifolia § | Common Arrowhead |
| Salix interior | Sandbar Willow |
| Schoenoplectus
tabernaemontani (syn. Scirpus validus) |
Great Bulrush |
| Scirpus atrovirens | Dark Green Bulrush |
| Senecio glabellus | Butterweed |
| Sparganium spp. § | Bur-Reed spp. |
| Sparganium eurycarpum § | Giant Bur-Reed |
| Spartina pectinata | Prairie Cordgrass |
| Spirodela polyrhiza § | Greater Duckweed |
| Teucrium canadense | American Germander |
| Thalia dealbata | Fireflag |
| Typha angustifolia ** | Narrow-Leaved Cattail |
| Typha latifolia | Common Cattail |
| Verbena hastata | Blue Vervain |
| Veronica comosa (syn. Veronica catenata) |
Water Speedwell |
| Zanichellia palustris § | Horned Pondweed |
*not native, **tolerates road salt, § deep ditches, §§ sandy ditches