Checklist of Nymphaeales
that grow without cultivation on Mount Desert Island

 compiled by the Champlain Project

(updated 14 November 2009)


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


Sources:
   Champlainers:
      SCH = Susan C. Hayward
      TAH = Thomas A. Hayward
      TFV = Thomas F. Vining
   Greene, Craig W., Linda L. Gregory, Glen H. Mittelhauser, Sally C. Rooney, and Jill E. Weber. 2005. Vascular Flora of the Acadia National Park Region. Rhodora 107(930):117-185. [Note: Greene et al. included nine islands near Mount Desert Island in their "MDI unit". Thus, it will be necessary for the Champlain Project to verify the presence of each of the above species on Mount Desert Island itself.]