Cattails are familiar in many wetlands. Common cattails can grow up to nine feet tall. The brown seeding pod can grow up to one-foot long. Cattails can either be male and females. The males are higher and the tip of the brown seeding pod is bare. The females however are lower and the brown seeding pod is covering the stalk.

Elodea is a water plant that grows in many lakes. They have a ring of three as in leaves around the stem. They're rooted and have dark green leaves drooping most of the time. They might have white flowers between July and September. The leaves have very small teeth that you can't see by the unaided eye. The leaves can get to be 3/4" long and 1/4" wide. They are known as waterweeds. The real name is Elodea Canadensis; they live in fresh water and they are native to Montana.

Lily pads are leaves that glide along the shallow shorelines, like ponds, marshes, and lakes. They are six to fifteen inches wide. They have broad leaves that are a medium green when they are young, they get darker when they mature, and they get yellow when they are dying. Lily pads are common in lakes, rivers, and swamps. Lily pads have pink worms that eat their stems,and it kills the lily pads. Northern pikes live under the lily pads. They even
lay their eggs there too.