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Aquatic plants word search with scientific names like Equisetum, Pontederia, and Lemna.
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This 33-word plant science word search covers aquatic and wetland flora with both common and scientific names. Hidden words include Equisetum, Pontederia, Lemna, Cattail, and Wisteria, spanning freshwater plants, sedges, and aquatic species. Use it in a high school biology or ecology unit on wetland ecosystems, as a vocabulary review, or as a template for other plant-identification puzzles.

Subject:
Science
Topic:
Plants
Grade Level:
9th – 12th Grades
Updated February 2025

Word List

  • CAREX
  • SPHAGNUM
  • TRAPA
  • EQUISETUM
  • CYPERUS
  • ZIZANIA
  • SCIRPUS
  • CAREX
  • BUTOMUS
  • EGERIA
  • HYDROCHARIS
  • SPARGANIUM
  • LIMOSELLA
  • HOUTTUYNIA
  • MARANTA
  • PONTEDERIA
  • MONOCHORIA
  • CABOMBA
  • LIMONIUM
  • SEDUM
  • CATTAIL
  • BACOPA
  • RICCIA
  • CHARA
  • WOLFFIA
  • ANACHARIS
  • OTTELIA
  • WISTERIA
  • CALTHA
  • SCOLOCHLOA
  • LEMNA
  • STRATIOTES
  • JUNCUSEFFUSUS

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