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Achillea millefolium
Achillea ptarmica
Aconitum napellus
Acorus calamus
Acorus gramineus
Agrostis canina sens.lat.
Agrostis stolonifera
Aira praecox
Ajuga
Alchemilla
Alchemilla alpina
Alchemilla glabra
Alchemilla vulgaris agg.
Alisma gramineum
Alisma lanceolatum
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Alnus glutinosa
Alopecurus
Alopecurus aequalis
Alopecurus geniculatus
Amblystegium riparium
Anagallis
Anagallis arvensis
Anagallis minima
Anagallis tenella
Angelica
Angelica archangelica
Angelica sylvestris
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Apium indet.
Apium inundatum
Apium nodiflorum
Apium repens
Aponogeton distachyos
Armeria maritima
Arrhenatherum elatius
Ascophyllum nodosum
Aster novi-belgii
Aster tripolium
Athyrium filix-femina
Atriplex prostrata
Azolla filiculoides
Baldellia ranunculoides
Baldellia ranunculoides (aquatic form)
Baldellia ranunculoides (terrestrial form)
Barbarea stricta
Barbarea vulgaris
Batrachospermum
Bellis perennis
Berula erecta
Betula
Betula nana
Betula pendula
Betula pubescens
Bidens cernua
Bidens tripartita
Blysmus rufus
Bolboschoenus maritimus
Brassica nigra
Bryum neodamense
Butomus umbellatus
Cabomba caroliniana
Calamagrostis canescens
Calamagrostis canescens x stricta (C. x gracilescens)
Calamagrostis epigejos
Calamagrostis purpurea
Calamagrostis scotica
Calamagrostis scotica x stricta
Calamagrostis stricta
Calla palustris
Calliergon
Calliergon cuspidatum
Callitriche agg.
Callitriche brutia
Callitriche hamulata
Callitriche hamulata sens.lat.
Callitriche hermaphroditica
Callitriche obtusangula
Callitriche palustris
Callitriche platycarpa
Callitriche stagnalis
Callitriche stagnalis sens.lat.
Callitriche truncata
Calluna vulgaris
Caltha palustris
Calystegia sepium
Cardamine
Cardamine amara
Cardamine flexuosa
Cardamine pratensis
Carduus crispus
Carex
Carex acuta
Carex acutiformis
Carex approquinquata
Carex aquatilis
Carex aquatilis x nigra (C. x hibernica)
Carex bigelowii
Carex binervis
Carex buxbaumii
Carex capillaris
Carex chordorrhiza
Carex curta
Carex diandra
Carex dioica
Carex distans
Carex disticha
Carex echinata
Carex elata
Carex elongata
Carex flacca
Carex flava
Carex hirta
Carex hostiana
Carex hostiana x viridula (C. x fulva)
Carex laevigata
Carex lasiocarpa
Carex limosa
Carex maritima
Carex nigra
Carex nigra type (C.acuta or aquatilis or hibernica)
Carex otrubae
Carex ovalis
Carex panicea
Carex paniculata
Carex pauciflora
Carex pendula
Carex pseudocyperus
Carex pulicaris
Carex remota
Carex riparia
Carex rostrata
Carex rostrata x vesicaria (C. x involuta)
Carex saxatilis
Carex spicata
Carex vesicaria
Carex viridula subsp. brachyrrhyncha
Carex viridula subsp. oedocarpa
Carex viridula subsp. viridula
Carex vulpina
Carum verticillatum
Catabrosa aquatica
Centaurea nigra
Cerastium
Ceratophyllum demersum
Ceratophyllum submersum
Chamerion angustifolium
Chara
Chara aspera
Chara aspera var.aspera
Chara aspera var.aspera f.subinermis
Chara aspera var.curta
Chara aspera var.lacustris
Chara baltica
Chara braunii
Chara canescens
Chara connivens
Chara contraria
Chara curta
Chara fragifera
Chara globularis sens.lat
Chara globularis var.annulata
Chara globularis var.globularis
Chara globularis var.virgata
Chara globularis var.virgata f.barbata
Chara hispida sens.lat.
Chara hispida var.hispida
Chara hispida var.hispida or var.major
Chara hispida var.major
Chara hispida var.rudis
Chara intermedia
Chara muscosa
Chara pedunculata
Chara rudis
Chara tomentosa
Chara vulgaris
Chara vulgaris sensu Stewart
Chara vulgaris var.contraria
Chara vulgaris var.crassicaulis
Chara vulgaris var.gymnophylla
Chara vulgaris var.hispidula
Chara vulgaris var.longibracteata
Chara vulgaris var.papillata
Chara vulgaris var.vulgaris
Chenopodium album agg.
Chenopodium rubrum
Chrysosplenium alternifolium
Chrysosplenium oppositifolium
Cicuta virosa
Cinlidotus fontinaloides
Cirsium arvense
Cirsium dissectum
Cirsium palustre
Cladium mariscus
Cladophora sp.
Cochlearia
Cochlearia officinalis sens.lat.
Coeloglossum viride
Conium maculatum
Corallorhiza trifida
Cornus suecica
Corrigiola litoralis
Crassula
Crassula aquatica
Crassula helmsii
Crataegus monogyna
Crepis capillaris
Crocosmia
Crocosmia x crocosmiiflora (C. aurea x pottsii)
Cynosurus cristatus
Cyperus fuscus
Cyperus longus
Dactylis glomerata
Dactylorhiza
Dactylorhiza fuchsii
Dactylorhiza incarnata
Dactylorhiza maculata
Dactylorhiza praetermissa
Dactylorhiza purpurella
Damasonium alisma
Deschampsia cespitosa
Deschampsia flexuosa
Deschampsia setacea
Dipsacus fullonum sens.lat.
Dipsacus pilosus
Drepanocladus
Drosera
Drosera anglica
Drosera intermedia
Drosera longifolia
Drosera rotundifolia
Dryopteris
Dryopteris carthusiana
Dryopteris dilatata
Egeria densa
Elatine
Elatine hexandra
Elatine hydropiper
Eleocharis
Eleocharis acicularis
Eleocharis acicularis (aquatic)
Eleocharis acicularis (terrestrial)
Eleocharis multicaulis
Eleocharis palustris
Eleocharis quinqueflora
Eleocharis uniglumis
Eleogiton fluitans
Elodea callitrichoides
Elodea canadensis
Elodea nuttallii
Elytrigia juncea
Elytrigia repens
Empetrum nigrum
Enteromorpha
Enteromorpha intestinalis
Epilobium
Epilobium ciliatum
Epilobium hirsutum
Epilobium obscurum
Epilobium palustre
Epilobium parviflorum
Epilobium roseum
Epilobium tetragonum subsp.tetragonum
Epipactis palustris
Equisetum arvense
Equisetum arvense x fluviatile (E. x litorale)
Equisetum fluviatile
Equisetum palustre
Equisetum sylvaticum
Erica tetralix
Eriocaulon aquaticum
Eriophorum
Eriophorum angustifolium
Eriophorum gracile
Eriophorum latifolium
Eriophorum vaginatum
Eupatorium cannabinum
Euphrasia
Euphrasia arctica
Euphrasia micrantha
Fagus sylvatica
Fallopia japonica
Festuca rubra agg.
Festuca vivipara
Filamentous algae
Filipendula ulmaria
Fontinalis antipyretica
Fontinalis squamosa
Frangula alnus
Fucus
Galium aparine
Galium boreale
Galium constrictum
Galium palustre
Galium uliginosum
Gentianella campestris
Geum rivale
Glaux maritima
Glyceria declinata
Glyceria fluitans
Glyceria fluitans x notata (G. x pedicellata)
Glyceria maxima
Glyceria notata
Glyceria x pedicellata (G. fluitans x notata)
Gnaphalium uliginosum
Groenlandia densa
Hammarbya paludosa
Heracleum mantegazzianum
Hierochloe odorata
Hippuris vulgaris
Hippuris vulgaris (aquatic form)
Hippuris vulgaris (terrestrial form)
Holcus
Holcus lanatus
Holcus mollis
Hottonia palustris
Humulus lupulus
Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrocharis morsus-ranae
Hydrocotyle ranunculoides
Hydrocotyle vulgaris
Hydrocotyle vulgaris (aquatic)
Hydrocotyle vulgaris (terrestrial)
Hydrodictyon
Hygrohypnum polare
Hypericum elodes
Hypericum tetrapterum
Hypochaeris radicata
Illecebrum verticillatum
Impatiens capensis
Impatiens glandulifera
Impatiens noli-tangere
Impatiens parviflora
Iris pseudacorus
Iris versicolor
Isoetes
Isoetes echinospora
Isoetes lacustris
Isolepis cernua
Isolepis setacea
Juncus
Juncus acutiflorus
Juncus acutiflorus x articulatus (J. x surrejanus)
Juncus alpinoarticulatus
Juncus ambiguus
Juncus articulatus
Juncus articulatus/Juncus acutiflorus indet.
Juncus balticus
Juncus bufonius
Juncus bufonius sens.lat.
Juncus bulbosus
Juncus bulbosus (aquatic form)
Juncus bulbosus (terrestrial form)
Juncus capitatus
Juncus compressus
Juncus conglomeratus
Juncus conglomeratus x effusus (J. x kern-reichgeltii)
Juncus effusus
Juncus effusus x inflexus (J. x diffusus)
Juncus filiformis
Juncus foliosus
Juncus gerardii
Juncus inflexus
Juncus squarrosus
Juncus subnodulosus
Juncus tenuis
Juncus trifidus
Juncus triglumis
Jungermannia
Juniperus communis
Lagarosiphon major
Lamprothamnium papulosum
Lathyrus palustris
Lathyrus pratensis
Leersia oryzoides
Lemna gibba
Lemna minor
Lemna minuta
Lemna trisulca
Leontodon autumnalis
Leontodon saxatilis
Limosella aquatica
Limosella australis
Linnaea borealis
Linum
Linum catharticum
Listera ovata
Littorella uniflora
Littorella uniflora (aquatic form)
Littorella uniflora (terrestrial form)
Lobelia dortmanna
Loiseleuria procumbens
Lolium perenne
Lonicera periclymenum
Lotus pedunculatus
Ludwigia grandiflora
Ludwigia palustris
Ludwigia peploides
Luronium natans
Luzula campestris
Luzula multiflora
Luzula sylvatica
Lychnis
Lychnis flos-cuculi
Lycopodiella inundata
Lycopodium annotinum
Lycopus europaeus
Lysichiton americanus
Lysimachia nemorum
Lysimachia nummularia
Lysimachia punctata
Lysimachia thyrsiflora
Lysimachia vulgaris
Lythrum hyssopifolium
Lythrum portula
Lythrum portula (aquatic)
Lythrum portula (terrestrial)
Lythrum salicaria
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Mentha
Mentha aquatica
Mentha aquatica x arvensis (M. x verticillata)
Mentha aquatica x spicata (M. x piperita)
Mentha arvensis
Mentha arvensis x spicata (M. x gracilis)
Mentha pulegium
Mentha scotica
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Mentha x smithiana (M. aquatica x arvensis x spicata)
Mentha x verticillata (M. aquatica x arvensis)
Menyanthes trifoliata
Meum athamanticum
Mimulus agg.
Mimulus guttatus
Mimulus guttatus x luteus (M. x robertsii)
Mimulus luteus
Mimulus moschatus
Molinia caerulea
Montia fontana
Myosotis
Myosotis discolor
Myosotis laxa
Myosotis scorpioides
Myosotis secunda
Myosotis stolonifera
Myosoton aquaticum
Myrica gale
Myriophyllum
Myriophyllum alterniflorum
Myriophyllum aquaticum
Myriophyllum spicatum
Myriophyllum verticillatum
Najas flexilis
Najas marina
Nardus stricta
Narthecium ossifragum
Nitella
Nitella capillaris
Nitella confervacea
Nitella flexilis sens.lat.
Nitella flexilis sensu stricto
Nitella flexilis var.flexilis
Nitella flexilis var.flexilis agg.
Nitella gracilis
Nitella hyalina
Nitella mucronata
Nitella opaca
Nitella spanioclema
Nitella tenuissima
Nitella translucens
Nitellopsis obtusa
Nuphar advena
Nuphar lutea
Nuphar lutea x pumila (N. x spenneriana)
Nuphar pumila
Nymphaea
Nymphaea alba
Nymphaea marliacea
Nymphoides peltata
Octodiceras fontanum
Odontites vernus
Oenanthe aquatica
Oenanthe crocata
Oenanthe fistulosa
Oenanthe fluviatilis
Oenanthe lachenalii
Ophioglossum vulgatum
Osmunda regalis
Oxalis acetosella
Parnassia palustris
Pedicularis palustris
Pedicularis sylvatica
Persicaria amphibia
Persicaria amphibia (aquatic)
Persicaria amphibia (terrestrial)
Persicaria hydropiper
Persicaria lapathifolia
Persicaria laxiflora
Persicaria maculosa
Persicaria minor
Persicaria vivipara
Phalaris arundinacea
Phragmites australis
Pilularia globulifera
Pilularia globulifera (aquatic)
Pilularia globulifera (terrestrial)
Pinguicula lusitanica
Pinguicula vulgaris
Plantago coronopus
Plantago lanceolata
Plantago major
Plantago maritima
Poa annua
Poa palustris
Poa pratensis sens.lat.
Poa trivialis
Polygala serpyllifolia
Polygonum
Polygonum aviculare
Polygonum boreale
Polygonum minus
Polytrichum commune
Pontederia cordata
Potamogeton
Potamogeton acutifolius
Potamogeton alpinus
Potamogeton alpinus x crispus (P. x olivaceus)
Potamogeton alpinus x praelongus (P. x griffithii)
Potamogeton berchtoldii
Potamogeton coloratus
Potamogeton compressus
Potamogeton crispus
Potamogeton crispus x perfoliatus (P. x cooperi)
Potamogeton crispus x trichoides (P. x bennettii)
Potamogeton epihydrus
Potamogeton filiformis
Potamogeton filiformis x pectinatus (P. x suecicus)
Potamogeton friesii
Potamogeton gramineus
Potamogeton gramineus x lucens (P. x zizii)
Potamogeton gramineus x natans (P. x sparganiifolius)
Potamogeton gramineus x perfoliatus (P. x nitens)
Potamogeton gramineus/P.x nitens
Potamogeton lucens
Potamogeton lucens x perfoliatus (P. x salicifolius)
Potamogeton natans
Potamogeton natans x polygonifolius (P. x gessnacensis)
Potamogeton obtusfolius/P.berchtoldii
Potamogeton obtusifolius
Potamogeton pectinatus
Potamogeton pectinatus/filiformis indet.
Potamogeton perfoliatus
Potamogeton perfoliatus/xnitens indet.
Potamogeton polygonifolius
Potamogeton praelongus
Potamogeton pusillus
Potamogeton rutilus
Potamogeton trichoides
Potamogeton x billupsii
Potamogeton x cognatus
Potamogeton x fluitans
Potamogeton x grovesii
Potamogeton x lanceolatifolius
Potamogeton x lanceolatus
Potamogeton x lintonii
Potamogeton x sudermanicus
Potamogeton x undulatus
Potamogeton x zizii/praelongus
Potentilla anserina
Potentilla erecta
Potentilla palustris
Potentilla reptans
Primula vulgaris
Prunella vulgaris
Pteridium aquilinum
Puccinellia
Puccinellia distans
Puccinellia maritima
Pulicaria dysenterica
Pulicaria vulgaris
Pyrola media
Pyrola minor
Radiola linoides
Ranunculus
Ranunculus acris
Ranunculus aquatilis agg.
Ranunculus aquatilis sens.str.
Ranunculus baudotii
Ranunculus bulbosus
Ranunculus circinatus
Ranunculus flammula
Ranunculus flammula (aquatic)
Ranunculus flammula (terrestrial)
Ranunculus flammula ssp. minimus
Ranunculus flammula ssp. scoticus
Ranunculus flammula x reptans (R. x levenensis)
Ranunculus fluitans
Ranunculus fluitans x peltatus (R. x kelchoensis)
Ranunculus hederaceus
Ranunculus lingua
Ranunculus omiophyllus
Ranunculus ophioglossifolius
Ranunculus peltatus
Ranunculus penicillatus
Ranunculus penicillatus subsp.penicillatus
Ranunculus penicillatus subsp.pseudofluitans
Ranunculus repens
Ranunculus reptans
Ranunculus sceleratus
Ranunculus trichophyllus
Ranunculus tripartitus
Rhinanthus minor
Rhinanthus minor subsp.minor
Rhododendron ponticum
Rhynchospora alba
Rhynchostegium riparioides
Ribes nigrum
Ribes rubrum
Riccia fluitans
Ricciocarpus natans
Rorippa
Rorippa amphibia
Rorippa islandica sens.str.
Rorippa microphylla
Rorippa microphylla x nasturtium-aquaticum (R. x sterilis)
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum
Rorippa nasturtium-aquaticum agg.
Rorippa palustris
Rorippa palustris sl
Rorippa sylvestris
Rubus chamaemorus
Rubus fruticosus agg.
Rumex
Rumex acetosa
Rumex aquaticus
Rumex crispus
Rumex hydrolapathum
Rumex longifolius
Rumex maritimus
Rumex obtusifolius
Rumex palustris
Ruppia
Ruppia cirrhosa
Ruppia maritima
Sagina
Sagina nodosa
Sagina procumbens
Sagittaria latifolia
Sagittaria rigida
Sagittaria sagittifolia
Sagittaria subulata
Salicornia agg.
Salix
Salix alba
Salix alba var. vitellina
Salix aurita
Salix aurita x repens (S. x ambigua)
Salix aurita x viminalis (S. x fruticosa)
Salix caprea
Salix caprea x viminalis (S. x sericans)
Salix cinerea
Salix cinerea subsp.oleifolia
Salix cinerea x viminalis (S. x smithiana)
Salix fragilis
Salix lapponum
Salix pentandra
Salix phylicifolia
Salix purpurea
Salix repens
Salix triandra
Salix viminalis
Salix x reichardtii (S. caprea x cinerea)
Samolus valerandi
Sanguisorba officinalis
Saxifraga aizoides
Saxifraga hypnoides
Saxifraga stellaris
Scapania
Scheuchzeria palustris
Schoenoplectus
Schoenoplectus lacustris
Schoenoplectus pungens
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Schoenus nigricans
Scirpus sylvaticus
Scorpidium scorpioides
Scrophularia auriculata
Scrophularia nodosa
Scrophularia umbrosa
Scutellaria galericulata
Scutellaria minor
Sedum
Sedum rosea
Sedum villosum
Senecio aquaticus
Silene uniflora
Sium latifolium
Solanum dulcamara
Sonchus arvensis
Sonchus palustris
Sorbus aucuparia
Sparganium angustifolium
Sparganium angustifolium/natans
Sparganium emersum
Sparganium emersum (aquatic)
Sparganium emersum (terrestrial)
Sparganium erectum
Sparganium erectum subsp.erectum
Sparganium erectum subsp.microcarpum
Sparganium erectum subsp.neglectum
Sparganium erectum subsp.oocarpum
Sparganium erectum/emersum
Sparganium natans
Spergula arvensis
Spergularia marina
Spergularia media
Sphagnum (aquatic indet.)
Sphagnum auriculatum
Sphagnum capillifolium
Sphagnum cuspidatum
Sphagnum magellanicum
Sphagnum papillosum
Sphagnum pulchrum
Spiranthes romanzoffiana
Spirodela polyrhiza
Stachys palustris
Stachys palustris x sylvatica (S. x ambigua)
Stellaria graminea
Stellaria media
Stellaria palustris
Stellaria uliginosa
Stratiotes aloides
Subularia aquatica
Succisa pratensis
Symphytum officinale
Thalictrum alpinum
Thalictrum flavum
Thalictrum minus
Thelypteris palustris
Tofieldia pusilla
Tolypella
Tolypella glomerata
Tolypella intricata
Tolypella nidifica var.glomerata
Tolypella nidifica var.nidifica
Tolypella prolifera
Trichophorum cespitosum
Trifolium pratense
Trifolium repens
Triglochin maritimum
Triglochin palustre
Tripleurospermum maritimum sens.lat.
Trollius europaeus
Tussilago farfara
Typha
Typha angustifolia
Typha latifolia
Ulva
Urtica dioica
Utricularia
Utricularia australis
Utricularia australis sensu Taylor
Utricularia cf. australis
Utricularia cf. vulgaris
Utricularia intermedia sens.lat.
Utricularia minor
Utricularia ochroleuca
Utricularia ochroleuca sensu Taylor
Utricularia stygia
Utricularia vulgaris sens.lat.
Utricularia vulgaris sens.str.
Utricularia vulgaris sensu Taylor
Vaccinium myrtillus
Vaccinium oxycoccos
Vaccinium uliginosum
Vaccinium vitis-idaea
Valeriana dioica
Valeriana officinalis
Vallisneria spiralis
Vaucheria
Veronica
Veronica anagallis-aquatica
Veronica beccabunga
Veronica catenata
Veronica scutellata
Veronica serpyllifolia
Vicia cracca
Viola
Viola palustris
Wolffia arrhiza
Zannichellia palustris
Zostera
Zostera angustifolia
Zostera marina
Zostera noltii
Abundance
D - Dominant
A - Abundant
F - Frequent
O - Occasional
R - Rare
P - Present
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