Table 4. List of species with their family and habitat identified in Merbil wetland (alphabetically arranged by families).
| Sl no | Species | Common name | Family | Ecological habitat |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sagittaria sagittifolia | Arrowhead | Alismataceae | Emergent |
| 2 | Alternanthera Philoxeroides | Alligator Weed | Amaranthaceae | Emergent |
| 3 | Pistia | Water Lettuce | Araceae | Free Floating |
| 4 | Lemna perpusilla | Minute duckweed | Araceae | Free Floating |
| 5 | Enydra fluctuans | – | Asteraceae | Emergent |
| 6 | Brasenia Schreberi | Water-Shield | Cabombaceae | Floating-leave |
| 7 | Ipomoea Aquatica | Swamp Morning Glory | Convolvulaceae | Emergent |
| 8 | Ipomoea carnea | Morning Glowry | Convolvulaceae | Emergent |
| 9 | Scirpoides holoschoenus (L.) | Roundhead Bulrush | Cyperaceae | Emergent |
| 10 | Scirpus | Grassweed/ClubRush | Cyperaceae | Emergent |
| 11 | Cyperus digitatus | Finger Flatsedge | Cyperaceae | Emergent |
| 12 | Eleocharis acutangula | – | Cyperaceae | Emergent |
| 13 | Eleocharis dulci | Water chesnut | Cyperaceae | Emergent |
| 14 | Fuirena ciliaris | – | Cyperaceae | Emergent |
| 15 | Actinoscirpus grossus | – | Cyperaceae | Emergent |
| 16 | Myriophyllum indicum | – | Haloragaceae | Emergent |
| 17 | Hydrocharis morsus-ranae | Common frogbit | Hydrocharitaceae | Free Floating |
| 18 | Ottelia alismoides | Duck Lettuce | Hydrocharitaceae | Floating-leave |
| 19 | Hydrilla verticillata | Water Thyme | Hydrocharitaceae | Emergent |
| 20 | Trapa natans | Water Chestnut | Lythraceae | Floating-leave |
| 21 | Marsilea quadrifolia | Water Shamrock | Marsileaceae | Floating-leave |
| 22 | Nymphoides indica | Water Snow Flake | Menyanthaceae | Floating-leave |
| 23 | Nelumbo nucifera | Indian Lotus | Nelumbonaceae | Floating-leave |
| 24 | Nymphaea nouchali | Water Lily | Nymphaeaceae | Floating-leave |
| 25 | Euryale ferox | Prickly Water Lily | Nymphaeaceae | Floating-leave |
| 26 | Nymphaea albea | White Waterlily | Nymphaeaceae | Floating-leave |
| 27 | Ludwigia octovavis | Primrose willow | Onagraceae | Emergent |
| 28 | Ludwigia peploides | Floating Primrose | Onagraceae | Emergent |
| 29 | Bacopa monnieri | Brahmi | Plantaginaceae | Emergent |
| 30 | Hygroryza aristata | Asian Water Grass | Poaceae | Floating-leave |
| 31 | Hymenachne assamica | Marsh grasses | Poaceae | Emergent |
| 32 | Phragmites karka | Tall Reed | Poaceae | Emergent |
| 33 | Leersia oryzoides | Rice Cutgrass | Poaceae | Emergent |
| 34 | Monochoria hastata | Arrow leaf pondweed | Pontederiaceae | Emergent |
| 35 | Pontederia cordata | Pickerelweed | Pontederiaceae | Emergent |
| 36 | Eichhornia crassipes | Water Hyacinth | Pontederiaceae | Free Floating |
| 37 | Polygonum glabram | Common Marsh | Polygonaceae | Emergent |
| 38 | Potamogeton natans | Pondweed | Potamogetonaceae | Floating-leave |
| 39 | Salvinia natans | Floating Water moss | Salviniaceae | Free Floating |
| 40 | Cyclosorus interruptus | Hottentott Fern | Thelypteridaceae | Emergent |
| 41 | Alpinia nigra | Tara | Zingiberaceae | Emergent |