| Acorus calamus L. | drug sweetflag |
| Alisma subcordatum Raf. | subcordate waterplantain |
| Allium L. | onion; garlic |
| various native spp. | wild o.; wild g. |
| Anacharis (see Elodea) |
| Androstephium coerculeum (Scheele) Greene | blue funnellily |
| Arisaema Mart. | jackinthepulpit |
| dracontium (L.) Schott | dragonroot j. |
| triphyllum (L.) Schott | indian j. |
| Asparagus officinalis L. | asparagus |
| Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. | blackberrylily |
| Camassia scilloides[38] (Raf.) Cory | Atlantic camas |
| Commelina L. | dayflower |
| diffusa Burm. f. (C. longicaulis of manuals) | creeping d. |
| erecta L. (including C. virginica of manuals, not L.) | erect d. |
| Cooperia drummondii Herb. | eveningstar rainlily |
| Cypripedium calceolus L. var. parviflorum (Salisb.) Fern. (C. parviflorum Salisb.) | small yellow ladyslipper |
| Dioscorea villosa L. | Atlantic yam |
| Echinodorus Richard | burhead |
| cordifolius (L.) Griseb. [E. radicans (Nutt.) Engelm.] | |
| rostratus (Nutt.) Engelm. [E. cordifolius of manuals, not (L.) Griseb.] | |
| Elodea nuttallii (Planch.) St. John [Anacharis occidentalis (Pursh) Vict.] | elodea |
| Erythronium albidum Nutt. | white fawnlily |
| Habenaria leucophaea (Nutt.) Gray | prairie fringeorchid |
| Heteranthera R. & P. | mudplantain |
| dubia (Jacq.) MacM. | grassleaf m. |
| limosa (Sw.) Willd. | blue m. |
| reniformis R. & P. | kidneyleaf m. |
| Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville | goldstargrass |
| Iris L. | iris |
| brevicaulis Raf. (I. foliosa Mackenz. & Bush) | lamance i. |
| versicolor L. | blueflag i. |
| Lemna L. | duckweed |
| minima Philippi | least d. |
| minor L. | common d. |
| perpusilla Torr. | minute d. |
| Lilium michiganense Farw. | Michigan lily |
| Lophotocarpus calycinus (Engelm.) J. G. Sm. | lophotocarpus |
| Melanthium virginicum L. | bunchflower |
| Najas quadalupensis (Spreng.) Magnus [Naias g. (Spreng.) Morong] | southern naiad |
| Nemastylis geminiflora Nutt. (N. acuta Herb.) | nemastylis |
| Nothoscordum bivalve (L.) Britt. | yellow falsegarlic |
| Polygonatum canaliculatum (Muhl.) Pursh | solomonseal |
| Potamogeton L. | pondweed |
| diversifolius Raf. | waterthread p. |
| foliosus Raf. | leafy p. |
| illinoensis Morong (P. lucens of manuals, not L.) | Illinois p. |
| nodosus Poir. (P. americanus C. & S.) | longleaf p. |
| obtusifolius Mert. & Koch | bluntleaf p. |
| pectinatus L. | fennelleaf p. |
| pusillus L. | baby p. |
| Ruppia maritima L. | widgeongrass |
| Sagittaria L. | arrowhead |
| ambigua J. G. Sm. | Kansas a. |
| brevirostra Mackenz. & Bush | shortbeak a. |
| cuneata Sheldon | duckpotato a. |
| latifolia Willd. (including S. esculenta Howell) | common a. |
| longiloba Engelm. | longbarb a. |
| Sisyrinchium L. | blue-eyedgrass |
| angustifolium Mill. (including S. graminoides Bickn.) | common b. |
| campestre Bickn. | prairie b. |
| Smilacina Desf. | solomonplume |
| racemosa (L.) Desf. | feather s. |
| stellata (L.) Desf. | starry s. |
| Smilax L. | greenbriar |
| lasioneura Hook. (included in S. herbacea L. in some manuals) | |
| tamnoides. L. var. hispida (Muhl.) Fern. (S. hispida Muhl.) | bristly g. |
| Sparganium eurycarpum Engelm. | giant burreed |
| Spiranthes Richard | ladiestresses |
| cernua (L.) Richard | nodding l. |
| vernalis Engelm. & Gray | upland l. |
| Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleid. | common ducksmeat |
| Tradescantia L. | spiderwort |
| bracteata Small | bracted s. |
| occidentalis (Britt.) Smyth | prairie s. |
| ohiensis Raf. (T. canaliculata Raf.) | |
| tharpii Anders. & Woodson | tharp s. |
| Typha L. | cattail |
| angustifolia L. | narrowleaf c. |
| latifolia L. | common c. |
| Wolffia columbiana Karst. | wolffia |
| Yucca glauca Nutt. | small soapweed |
| Zannichellia palustris L. | common poolmat |
| Zygadenus nuttallii Gray (also spelled Zigadenus) | nuttall deathcamas |