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Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)

Common Name: Coontail

Description: Plants submersed without roots. Leaves dark green in color and arranged in whorls on the stem. Coontail can be distinguished from milfoil by the forking of the leaves rather than the featherlike divisions. Spacing between leaf whorls is highly variable. Consequently, plants may be bushy or extremely long and sparse.

Note: Drawing is used with permission from the Center for Aquatic Plants, University of Florida. Drawing cannot be copied without permission from the Center. Descriptions are from the book "How to Identify and Control Water Weeds and Algae", Edited by James C. Schmidt, 5th edition revised 1998, copyright 1976 Applied Biochemists.