Changes of Land Use and Land Cover with the Diversity of Fishes, Aquatic Plants, and Bird’s Species at Wetland Ecosystem
Table 4
Seasonal variation of aquatic plant species at different wetland ecosystems.
Name of species
Local name
English name
Scientific name
Status of species, 2015
Status of species, 2017
Status of species, 2019
Rainy season (July 2015)
Winter/dry season (December 2015)
Rainy season (July 2017)
Winter/dry season (December 2017)
Rainy season (July 2019)
Winter/dry season (December 2019)
Aquatic plant
Kachuripana
Common water hyacinth
Eichhornia crassipes
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
Topapana
Water cabbage/water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
LC
Shapla
Red and blue water lily
Nymphaea nouchali
LC
VU
VU
VU
VU
EN
Padma
White lotus or sacred lotus
Nymphaea lotus
LC
VU
VU
VU
VU
EN
Note: VU, vulnerable, (any species that is likely to become endangered within the foreseeable future); EN, endangered (any species that is at risk of extinction); LC, least concern (a species that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature [IUCN] as evaluated as not being a focus of species conservation).
