Southern Watergrass
Luziola fluitans
Native to Arkansas. How scores work Is it native here?
Profile 71%
- Height
- Up to about 3 feet
- Soil moisture
- Moist to wet
At a glance
- Life cycle
- Perennial
Not yet recorded · Spread · Light · Leaves · Bloom
Bloom: NC species account not read yet.
Spread, light and leaves: no source found yet.
This plant is missing most of its facts, so Quercus is looking them up in old botany books.
Recorded in 3 Arkansas counties.
Also found with this plant
Wildlife whose habitat models include habitats this plant grows in, in Arkansas. Shared habitat, not food. 125 animals.
- Mississippi KiteIctinia mississippiensis
- Neotropic CormorantPhalacrocorax brasilianus
- Orange-crowned WarblerVermivora celata
- Pine SiskinCarduelis pinus
- Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citrea
- Red-breasted NuthatchSitta canadensis
- Rusty BlackbirdEuphagus carolinus
- Snowy EgretEgretta thula
- Spotted SandpiperActitis macularius
- Tree SwallowTachycineta bicolor
- White-eyed VireoVireo griseus
- White-throated SparrowZonotrichia albicollis
- Wilson's SnipeGallinago delicata
- Wilson's WarblerWilsonia pusilla
- American CootFulica americana
- American KestrelFalco sparverius
- American WoodcockScolopax minor
- AnhingaAnhinga anhinga
- Barred OwlStrix varia
- Bell's VireoVireo bellii
- Black VultureCoragyps atratus
- Black-bellied Whistling-DuckDendrocygna autumnalis
- Blue-winged TealAnas discors
- Bonaparte's GullChroicocephalus philadelphia
Who uses this plant?
1CaterpillarsGenus host records with ranges including AR
Genus host records with ranges including AR · Luziola
- Parapoynx allionealisWatermilfoil Leafcutter, Bladderwort Casemaker
0BeesSoutheastern regional records
0Specialist beesPollen specialists
1BirdsRecorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim
Recorded genus food-resource interactions; not a state feeding claim · Luziola
- Gallinula galeataCommon Gallinule
Direct food only: birds recorded eating this genus across North America. Caterpillars on host plants also feed nesting birds. NC Native Plant Society: butterfly gardening
No records yet · Ants · Beetles · Flies · Adult butterflies / moths · Other wasps · Other insects
Plant details
- Family
- Poaceae
- Flower color
- Green or brown
What its natural habitat tells you
Safety has not been reviewed for this plant; check toxicity and thorns before planting.
Growing sources and scope
- Flower color · “Green or brown” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Height · “Up to about 3 feet” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- Life cycle · “Perennial” · Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Also known as
Hydrochloa carolinensis
Conservation status
| Arkansas rank | SNA |
|---|---|
| Global rank | G5 |
| AR status | Not verified |
| Federal status | Not verified |
Will it fit your yard?
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Sources
- Atlas of the Vascular Plants of Arkansas (2013)
- USDA PLANTS
- Vascular Plants of North Carolina (NC Natural Heritage Program)
- NatureServe Explorer
- Arkansas occurrence source
- Shropshire & Tallamy 2025, Lepidoptera of North America north of Mexico, ZooKeys 1261 (ODbL)
- Noori, Seltmann & Orr 2026, A curated and integrated dataset for exploring global bee-plant interactions (GloBI), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Smith, Bachelder, Russell, Morales, Mosher & Seltmann 2024, Bee-Specialization-Modeling v0.6.1 (specialist host table compiled from J. Fowler's pollen specialist bee lists), Zenodo, CC BY 4.0
- Hurlbert, Olsen, Sawyer & Winner 2021, Avian Diet Database, Scientific Data 8: 260 (CC0)
- Narango, Tallamy & Shropshire 2020, Few keystone plant genera support the majority of Lepidoptera species, Nature Communications