Composition and Biomass of Aquatic Vegetation in the Poyang Lake, China

Table 1

The composition of macrophytes in the Poyang Lake (September 7–14, 2013).

Serial number	Plant community	Phenological period	Lifestyle
1	Sagittaria pygmaea Miq.	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Emerged plant
2	Trapella sinensis Oliv.	Fruit period (florescence)	Floating-leaved plant
3	Carex rhynchophysa C. A. Mey.	Vegetative period	Amphibian
4	Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms	Florescence	Floating input plant
5	Aeschynomene indica Linn.	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Emerged plant
6	Sambucus chinensis Lindl.	Vegetative period	Amphibian
7	Isachne globosa (Thunb.) Kuntze	Florescence	Amphibian
8	Limnophila sessillflora (Vahl.) Bl.	Vegetative period	Amphibian
9	Paspalum distichum L.	Vegetative period	Emerged plant
10	Hydrocharis dubia (Bl.) Back.	Fruit period	Floating input plant
11	Ottelia alismoides (L.) Pers.	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Submerged plant
12	Ludwigia adscendens (L.) Hara	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Amphibian
13	Juncellus serotinus	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Amphibian
14	Blyxa japonica (Miq.) Maxim.	—	Submerged plant
15	Marsilea quadrifolia L.	Vegetative period	Amphibian
16	Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) Presl	Fruit period	Amphibian
17	Carex spp.	Florescence	Amphibian
18	Microcarpaea minima (Koen.) Merr.	Vegetative period	Amphibian
19	Oryza rufipogon Griff.	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Amphibian
20	Myriophyllum spicatum L.	Vegetative period	Submerged plant
21	Typha angustifolia L.	Fruit period	Emerged plant
22	Monochoria vaginalis (Burm.f.) Presl	—	Emerged plant
23	Rotala rotundifolia (Buch.-Ham) Koehne	—	Emerged plant
24	Imperata cylindrica (Linn.) Beauv	Vegetative period	Amphibian
25	Eleocharis tuberosa (Roxb.) Roem. et Schult.	Vegetative period	Emerged plant
26	Najas marina	Fruit period	Submerged plant
27	Triarrherca sacchariflora	Vegetative period	Emerged plant
28	Cynodon dactylon (Linn.) Pers.	Vegetative period	Amphibian
29	Zizania caduciflora (Turcz. ex Trin.) H.-M.	Vegetative period	Emerged plant
30	Hydrilla verticillata (L.f.) Royle	Vegetative period	Submerged plant
31	Utricularia aurea Lour.	Florescence	Submerged plant
32	Ceratophyllum demersum L.	Vegetative period	Submerged plant
33	Vallisneria natans (Lour.) Hara	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Submerged plant
34	Utricularia vulgaris L.	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Submerged plant
35	Polygonum L.	Vegetative period	Amphibian
36	Trapa bispinosa Roxb.	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Floating-leaved plant
37	Phragmites communis Trin.	Vegetative period	Emerged plant
38	Triarrhena lutarioriparia	Vegetative period	Amphibian
39	Alternanthera Philoxeroides (Mart.) Griseb.	Florescence	Emerged plant
40	Nymphoides peltatum (Gmel.) O. Kuntze	Florescence	Floating-leaved plant
41	Limnophila heterophylla (Roxb.) Benth.	Flowering fruit bearing stage	Emerged plant
42	Myriophyllum tuberculatum Roxburgh	Fruit period	Emerged plant
43	Elymus dahuricus Turcz.	Vegetative period	Amphibian