The two tables below present the 2012 National Wetland Plant List. The first table includes the Accepted Symbol in PLANTS; the Scientific Name as used in the National Wetland Plant List; the Author of the scientific name; the Common Name as used in the National Wetland Plant List; and the wetland indicator status for each species in each of the ten wetland regions. The second table includes the same information for the species in each of the 18 subregions recognized by the National Wetland Plant List. For explanations of wetland indicator status ratings, regions, and subregions, see More Information and Sources and the official NWPL website.
Click on a scientific name to go to a profile page. Most of the scientific names accepted by the National Wetland Plant List are also accepted by PLANTS. Clicking on such a name will take you to the profile page for that species. Some names accepted by the National Wetland Plant List are synonyms of names accepted by PLANTS. Clicking on such a name will take you to the profile page for the species accepted by PLANTS. In the Synonyms section, the profile page will include a symbol for the name accepted by the National Wetland Plant List. Please note: the names accepted by the National Wetland Plant List must be used when performing Federal wetland delineations.
We also provide these tables as comma-separated values (csv) files for easy downloading and importing into spreadsheets or databases. The csv files include all the fields above and a Synonym Symbol field. This field provides a symbol for names accepted by the National Wetland Plant List that are synonyms of names accepted by PLANTS.
