Below is a working checklist of Mount Desert Island's Nymphaeales. Please send corrections and updates to info@vfthomas.com. Photographs are welcome. Thank you.
| Family | Genus | Specific Epithet | authority | common name or hybrid formula | Sources (full citations given after this table) |
| Nymphaeaceae | Brasenia | schreberi | J. F. Gmel. | water-shield | Champlainers (SCH, TAH, TFV); Greene et al. (2005) |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nuphar | variegata | Dur. | bullhead pond-lily | Champlainers (SCH, TAH, TFV); Greene et al. (2005) |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea | odorata | Ait. | white water-lily | Champlainers (SCH, TAH, TFV); Greene et al. (2005) as Nymphaea odorata ssp. odorata |
| Nymphaeaceae | Nymphaea | tuberosa | Paine | tuberous water-lily | Greene et al. (2005) as Nymphaea odorata ssp. tuberosa |