Guía fácil de identificación de especies acuáticas

Guía practica de identificación de especies acuáticas

1. Quick Guide to Submerged Vascular Macrophytes
by Paul Champion an
d Paula Reeves
Le
aves spirally
ar
r
a
nged, defl
exed
Le
aves
not

sp
irally
a
rra
n
g
e
d
Le
aves
t
o
o
t
hed o
n

one m
a
rgi
n
Le
aves
filifo
r
m
Le
aves
not

to
oth
e
d
Le
aves
whorl
e
d
Le
aves not
pinnately di
v
i
ded
Key Rare native plant Native plant Non-I
n
vasive
exot
i
c
pl
a
n
t
I
n
vasive exoti
c

pl
a
n
t
Lagarosiph
o
n
m
ajor
Ceratophyll
u
m
demersum
So
m
e

le
aves
c
a
u
lin
e
(co
m
es
off ste
m
)
Myriop
hyllum
triphyllum
Em
ergent

le
aves
ovat
e
Le
aves
pinnately di
v
i
ded
Myriop
hyllum
propinquum
Em
ergent

le
aves
lin
ear
Zannichelli
a
palustris
All leaves bas
a
l
Leaves not
w
h
orl
e
d
Le
av
es n
o
t
filifo
r
m
Continued on
page 2
Continued on
page 8
Continued on
page 16
Pag
e
1

2. Continued from page 1
Le
aves not
lan
c
eo
lat
e
,
root
st
ock n
o
t

t
ubero
us
Le
aves 3-5
fo
liolate
Le
aves
basal
Le
aves
not
3-
5
fo
liolate
Le
aflets
dis
s
ected
sever
a
l
or
m
o
r
e
times
Fl
owers
so
li
tary
Le
aflets
lin
ear
Aponogetyon
distachyus
Le
aves
lan
c
eo
lat
e
,
root
st
ock
t
ubero
us
Fl
owers
ar
r
a
nged i
n

um
bel
s

Hydrocoty
l
e
s
ulcata
Fru
it
rece
pt
ac
le

with

co
llar
of bri
s
t
l
e
s
Ranunculu
s
amphitrichus
Ranunculu
s
glabrifoliu
s
Not as above
Ranunculus
macropus
Le
aflets
fanshaped
Le
aflets
onl
y

dis
s
ected
1-2
x
Hydrocoty
l
e
hydrophila
Continued on
page 3
Pag
e
2

3. Continued from page 2
St
ol
o
n
i
f
erous
Le
aves
not
3-
5
fo
liolate
Le
aves
strap
lik
e
Only
has
mal
e

flowers
Vallisneria
s
piralis
Vallisneria
g
igantea
Contin
ued on page 4
Otellia
ovalifolia
Not st
ol
o
n
i
f
erous
Le
af
witho
u
t
di
st
i
n
ct

sheath
Le
af with

dist
inct s
h
eath
Only
has
fem
a
le
flowers
Le
aves
not

strap
lik
e
Contin
ued on page 5
Pag
e
3

4. Continued from page 3
Le
aves not ter
e
t
e

(grasses)
Sheath witho
u
t cro
s
s
vei
n
s
Ligule
m
e
m
b
r
a
nous
C
u
l
m
s not

sharpl
y
bent

at
nodes
Fl
owers arr
a
nged
i
n
pa
i
r
e
d

racem
e
s
Fl
owers
ar
r
a
nged i
n

si
n
g
l
e
pani
cl
e
Awns

inconspicuous
Amphibro
mus
f
luitan
s
Li
gu
l
e
of hai
r
s
Sheath with
cro
s
s
vei
n
s
Isachne
g
lobosa
Glyceria
declinata
Paspalum
distichum
Alope
curis
g
eniculatus
Glyceria
maxima
Le
aves >
10m
m
wi
dt
h
L
e
mma
l
obed
Le
aves <
10m
m
wi
dt
h
L
e
mma
poi
nt
ed
Glyceria
flu
itans
C
u
l
m
s
bent
s
h
arpl
y
at

t
h
e no
des
Long ob
vi
ou
s
awns on spi
k
elets
Phalaris
arundinacea
Pag
e
4

5. Continued from page 3
Utricularia
m
onantho
s
B
l
adders
present
Le
aves
not

lin
ear
Fl
owers 4
pet
a
l
s
and
sepals
Le
aves not
sp
athu
late
Le
aves
sp
athu
late
Ranunculu
s
limosella
Le
aves
lin
ear
Fl
owers
5 pet
a
l
s
Limosella
l
ineata
B
l
adders
not

present
Le
aves
pi
n
n
at
e
Cardamine
‘
tar
n
’
Le
aves
lin
ear
sp
athu
late
Continued on
page 6
Le
aves not
strap
lik
e
Le
aves
ovat
e

sp
athu
late
Glos
so
stigma
subme
r
s
u
m
Glos
so
stigma
elatinoides
Glos
so
stigma
cleistanthu
m
Fl
owers wit
h

‘fr
ee’ petals
Fl
owers
uni
t
e
d for
at le
ast h
a
lf
th
eir len
g
t
h
Ranunculu
s
limosella
Fl
owers
open Fl
owers
never open
Pag
e
5

6. Continued from page 5
S
h
oot
s n
o
t

flabellate
Le
aves not
septate
Not as above
Not as above
Lilaeopsis novae-zelandiae
Le
aves
fl
at
tened
with

obt
u
s
e t
i
p
Le
aves
septate
Plant
s

with

rhizom
e
Le
aves
cylin
d
r
ic
al
with

tap
e
r
e
d
tip
Pilularia novae-zelandiaeTriglochin
s
t
riata
Continued on
page 7
Eleocharis
pusillu
s
Lilaeopsis
r
u
thiana
S
h
oot
s
flabellate
Le
aves not
spathulate
New leav
es
co
n
c
en
tric
ally
co
iled
Limosella
l
ineata
S
h
oot
s arranged
al
ong st
ol
on
Plant
s

witho
u
t a
rhizom
e
Le
aves
lin
ear
Hydrocoty
l
e

novae-zeelandiae
Le
aves
not
l
i
near
Pag
e
6

7. Continued from page
6
Isoetes
k
irkii
(NI po
p
u
l
a
t
i
o
n
s
endangered
no
t en
d
a
ng
er
e
d
i
n
SI
)
S
p
orangi
a
enclosed in le
af b
a
s
e
s
Plant
s
<

5
0
mm t
a
l
l
,

b
r
istlelik
e
Hydat
ella
i
n
conspicua
Plant
s

witho
u
t a
rhizom
e
S
p
orangi
a
not
enclosed
in
leaf b
a
s
e
s
Plant
s
>
50m
m

tall, n
o
t
b
r
istlelik
e
Juncu
s
bulbosu
s
Pag
e
7

8. Continued from page 1
Le
aves
pi
n
n
at
e
Oenanthe
aquat
i
ca
Myriop
hyllum
pedunculatum
Le
aves alte
rnate
Le
aves
o
ppo
site
S
u
bm
erged
le
aves linea
r
Le
aves
not

connat
e
Le
aves
to
oth
e
d
with
bl
ack dot
s
Le
aves
orbi
cul
a
r
Fru
it no
t d
i
stinctly
win
g
ed
Crassul
a
Contin
ued on page 15
Le
aves
connat
e
Le
af tip
s
i
ndent
ed
Callitriche
hamulata
Fru
it
d
i
st
in
ctly
win
g
ed
Le
aves
not

pi
n
n
at
e
Le
aves without black dots
S
u
bm
erged
le
aves not
lin
ear
Gratiola
na
na
Contin
ued on page 9
Le
aves not
whorl
e
d
Gratiola
sex
d
entata
Le
aves
ovat
e
Le
af tip
s no
t

i
ndent
ed
Callitriche
stagnalis
Contin
ued on page 13
Pag
e
8

9. Continued from page 8
Utricular
i
a
a
ustr
alis
Ranunculu
s
trichophyllus
Lepilaena
b
ilocularis
Le
aves
filifo
r
m
Le
aves
alternate
Le
aves not
filifo
r
m

Le
aves
branched
B
l
adders n
o
t

present
B
l
adders
present
Le
aves
to
oth
e
d
Le
aves
un-branched
Le
aves
no
t
to
oth
e
d
Le
aves in the
sa
m
e
plane
Le
aves not
in
t
h
e
sa
m
e
plane
Le
af tip

3-t
o
ot
hed
Le
af tip

en
tire
Leaves di
vi
ded
man
y
times
Le
aves sparsely
di
v
i
ded
Utricular
i
a
g
ibba
Pratia
perpusilla
I
s
olepis fluitans
Contin
ued on page 12
Contin
ued on page 10
Pag
e
9

10. Continued from page 9
Rh
izo
m
es
not

t
ubero
us
Le
aves
n
o
t
in
th
e
s
a
me

pl
ane
Potamogeton
p
ectinatus
Rh
izo
m
es
t
ubero
us
Le
af tip

ac
ut
e
Zannichelli
a
palustris
Le
af tip

bi
dent
at
e
Ruppia
m
egacarpa
Le
af tip

bl
u
n
t

Le
af tip

not

bi
dent
at
e
Ruppia
poly
c
arpa
Page 10

11. Continued from page 8
Ranunculus
macropus
Ranunculus
glabrifolius
Fl
owers
so
li
tary
Not as above
Fl
owers
ar
r
a
nged i
n

um
bel
s

Hydrocoty
l
e
s
ulcata
Le
aflets
dis
s
ected
sever
a
l
or
m
o
r
e
times
Le
aves
3-5 fo
liolate
Fl
ower
rece
pt
ac
le

with

co
llar
of bri
s
t
l
e
s
Ranunculu
s
amphitrichu
s
Le
aflets
segm
ents
lin
ear
le
aves altern
ate
an
d

n
o
t
filifo
r
m
Le
aflet
segm
ent
s
fan
shaped
Leaflet
s
onl
y

dis
s
ected 1-2x
Hydrocoty
l
e
hydrophila
Le
aves not
3-5 f
o
l
i
ol
at
e
Continued on
page 12
Page 11

12. Continued from page 8
Nastu
r
tium microphyllum
Seeds i
n

one row
Myosotis
scorpioides
Le
aves not
3
–
5
fo
liate
Le
aves
pi
n
n
at
e
Nastu
r
tium officinale
Seeds i
n

two
ro
ws
Le
aves
en
tire
Myosotis
laxa
su
b
s
p.
caespitosa
Fl
owers 2-
4
mm
a
c
r
o
s
s
Fl
owers >
4

mm
a
c
r
o
s
s
Le
aves
hai
r
y
Contin
ued on page 13 Le
aves not

hai
r
y
Key Rare native plant Native plant Non-I
n
vasive exotic
plant
I
n
vasive exoti
c

plant
Page 12

13. Continued from page 12
Le
aves
lan
c
eo
lat
e
Le
aves >
30m
m
Som
e
le
aves
f
l
o
a
tin
g on

surface
Le
aves
en
tire
No leaves f
l
o
a
tin
g on

surface
Le
aves with very wavy
edge, never wi
t
h
bl
ack
spot i
n
centre
Persicaria hydropiper
Le
av
es with
m
ild
ly
wavy
edge, us
ual
l
y
wi
t
h

black spot i
n
centre
Persicar
i
a
decipiens
Le
aves
ter
e
t
e
with

septa
e
Juncu
s

articulatus
Le
aves not
lan
c
eo
lat
e

Le
aves
with

crim
p
e
d
mar
g
in
Le
aves
witho
u
t
septa
e
Potamogeton cheesemani
i
Potamogeton crisp
u
s
Grasses See page 4
Isotoma fluviatilis
Le
aves without
d
i
st
in
ctiv
e main

vei
n
Le
aves
witho
u
t
crim
p
e
d
mar
g
in
Le
aves not
hai
r
y
Potamogeton ochreatu
s
Fl
oat
i
n
g
le
aves
oval
Le
aves with
d
i
st
in
ctiv
e main

vei
n
All le
aves
ellip
tic
Potamogeton suboblongu
s
Le
aves <
30m
m
Le
aves
to
oth
e
d
Pratia perpu
s
illa
Page 13

14. Continued from page 8
St
em
not

d
i
st
in
ctly
angl
ed
Fru
it a
3-l
o
bed
capsul
e
Le
aves
with
a
p
e
tio
le
Ludwigia
palustris
Le
aves
alm
o
st
fleshy
&
o
bov
ate
Myriop
hyllum
v
otchii
Callitriche
stagnalis
Elatine
g
ratioloides
Le
aves
witho
u
t a
p
e
tio
le
Le
aves without
bl
ack dot
s
Fru
it
d
i
st
in
ctly
win
g
ed
Stem

d
i
st
in
ctly
angl
ed
Tetrachond
ra
hamilton
i
i
Le
aves
not
as
above
Fru
it no
t
d
i
st
in
ctly
win
g
ed
Fru
it
with

4
l
obes
Callitriche
petriei
Page 14

15. Crassul
a
species continued from page 8
Stem
s red
leaves us.
<3.5 m
m
Le
aves fleshy
Le
aves not
fleshy
Crassul
a
ki
rki
i
Cras
s
u
la he
lmsii
Crassula peduncularis Crassula ru
amahanga
Crassul
a
hunua
Cras
s
u
la
sinclairii
Stem
s not red
Le
aves us. >
3.5 m
m
Ped
uncl
e
cons
pi
cuo
u
sl
y
el
ongat
e
d aft
e
r fl
oweri
n
g
Ped
uncl
e
i
n
cons
pi
cuo
u
s
Int
e
rnodes <
l
eaves
Int
e
rnodes >
l
eaves
Petals a
c
u
t
e
Petals sub
acu
te
Page 15

16. Continued from page 1
Galium
palustre
Stem

4-angl
ed
Le
aves not
filifo
r
m
St
em
not

4-angl
ed
Hydrilla
verticillata
Le
aves
co
n
s
picu
ou
sly
to
oth
e
d
Elodea canadensis
Egeria
densa
Le
aves not
co
n
s
picu
ou
sly
to
oth
e
d
Le
aves in
whorl
s
of 3
Le
aves in whorls
of 4
or m
o
re
Page 16