Palustris Explained
Palustris is a Latin word meaning "swampy" or "marshy", and may refer to:
Animals
- Acrocephalus palustris, (marsh warbler) which breeds in temperate Europe and western Asia and winters mainly in south east Africa
- Aethiothemis palustris, a species of dragonfly in the family Libellulidae
- Agyneta palustris, a species of sheet weaver found in China
- Altica palustris, a species of flea beetle from a family of leaf beetles, that can be found in the Palearctic, including North Africa
- Boeckella palustris, a species of copepod that lives in South America
- Cephalotes palustris, a species of arboreal ant of the genus Cephalotes
- Chamaesphecia palustris, a moth of the family Sesiidae. It is found in many countries in Europe
- Cistothorus palustris, the marsh wren, a small songbird species found in North America
- Crocodylus palustris the mugger crocodile, Indian, Indus, Persian or marsh crocodile, a reptile species found throughout the Indian subcontinent and the surrounding countries
- Eimeria palustris, an apicomplexan parasite species that infects the marsh rice rat
- Herina palustris, a species of picture-winged fly in the genus Herina of the family Ulidiidae
- Herpestes javanicus palustris, the Bengal mongoose, a subspecies of the Small Asian mongoose
- Hydroporus palustris, a species of ground beetle native to the Palearctic (including Europe) and the Near East
- Hypenodes palustris, a species of moth in the family Erebidae
- Kikimora palustris, a species of spiders in the family Linyphiidae
- Lithobates palustris, the pickerel frog (formerly Rana palustris) small North American frog
- Littoridinops palustris, a species of very small aquatic snail, an operculate gastropod mollusk in the family Hydrobiidae
- Mecyclothorax palustris, a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Psydrinae
- Methylocella palustris, a species of bacterium. It is notable for oxidising methane
- Notiophilus palustris, a species of ground beetle, native to the Palearctic and the Nearctic, also found In Europe
- Proceratophrys palustris, a species of frog in the family Odontophrynidae. It is endemic to Brazil
- Orthotylus palustris, a species of bug in the family Miridae that is can be found in Albania, Croatia, France, Greece, Italy, Slovenia, and Spain
- Oryzomys palustris, the marsh rice rat, a semiaquatic North American rodent
- Ortalis palustris, a species of ulidiid or picture-winged fly in the genus Ortalis of the family Ulidiidae
- Quiscalus palustris, the slender-billed grackle, a species of bird in the icterid family
- Radfordia palustris, a species of mite in the subgenus Hesperomyobia of the genus Radfordia
- Rhodopseudomonas palustris, a gram-negative purple non-sulfur bacteria, notable for its ability to switch between four different modes of metabolism
- Sorex palustris, a species of semi-aquatic shrew found in North America
- Sphaenorhynchus palustris, a frog species endemic to Brazil
- Stagnicola palustris, a species of air-breathing freshwater snail, an aquatic pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Lymnaeidae, the pond snails
- Sylvilagus palustris, the marsh rabbit, a mammal species found in marshes and swamps of coastal regions of the Eastern and Southern United States
- Terebralia palustris, common name the giant mangrove whelk, a species of brackish-water snail
- Tephrocybe palustris, a species of fungus in the family Lyophyllaceae which parasitizes sphagnum moss
- Trachelipus palustris a species of woodlouse in the genus Trachelipus from Greece
Plants
- Calectasia palustris, blue tinsel lily or swamp tinsel lily from south-west of Western Australia
- Caltha palustris, marsh-marigold or kingcup, a plant species native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere
- Chionanthus palustris, a tree from Borneo
- Claytonia palustris, a wildflower species in the purslane family known by the common names Jonesville springbeauty and marsh claytonia
- Coespeletia palustris, a wildflower native to the Andes
- Dirca palustris, or eastern leatherwood, is a shrub, native to the eastern half of North America but uncommon
- Eleocharis palustris, the common spike-rush, creeping spike-rush or marsh spike-rush, a plant species growing in wetlands throughout the Boreal Kingdom
- Epipactis palustris, the marsh helleborine, an orchid species
- Euphorbia palustris, (marsh spurge or marsh euphorbia) is a species of flowering plant, native to marshland of mainland Europe and western Asia
- Hottonia palustris, (the water violet or featherfoil) of the family Primulaceae is an aquatic plant
- Lathyrus palustris, a wild pea species known by the common name marsh pea, native to Europe, Asia, and North America.
- Ludwigia palustris, a flowering plant species in the evening primrose family known by the common names marsh seedbox and water purslane
- Pandanus palustris a species of plant in the family Pandanaceae. It is endemic to Mauritius
- Parnassia palustris, commonly called marsh grass of Parnassus, northern grass-of-Parnassus, or just grass-of-Parnassus and bog-star
- Persea palustris. a species of plant in the family Lauraceae
- Pinus palustris, the longleaf pine from USA
- Quercus palustris, the pin oak or swamp Spanish oak
- Rorippa palustris, a flowering plant species in the mustard family known by the common names bog yellowcress and marsh cress
- Rosa palustris, (swamp rose), a shrub in the rose family native to much of eastern North America
- Rumex palustris (marsh dock) is a plant species of the genus Rumex
- Sonchus palustris, (marsh sowthistle) is a plant native to temperate regions of the Europe, Russia, Central Asia, and western China
- Stachys palustris, the marsh woundwort, an edible perennial grassland herb species
- Stenochlaena palustris an edible medicinal fern species, used in the folk medicines of India and Malaysia
- Tabernaemontana palustris, a tropical flowering plant species in the family Apocynaceae from northern South America
- Terebralia palustris, the mangrove whelk, a species of brackish-water snail in the family Potamididae
- Thelypteris palustris, the marsh fern, native to eastern North America and across Eurasia.
- Triglochin palustris, marsh arrowgrass, a variety of arrowgrass found in damp grassland.
- Viola palustris, (marsh violet or alpine marsh violet) is a perennial from northern parts of North America and Eurasia.
- Zannichellia palustris, the horned pondweed, a plant found in fresh to brackish waters in the United States Europe, Asia, Australasia, and South America
- Zizania palustris, (Northern wild rice) an annual plant, native to the Great Lakes region of North America, the aquatic areas of the boreal forest regions of Northern Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba in Canada and Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan and Idaho in the US
