A check-list of the macrophytes in the Alagados artificial dam, which supplies part of the population of Ponta Grossa-PR, is necessary, since urban and rural waste is dropped directly or indirectly into this environment. The objectives of this work were to make an inventory of the aquatic plants collected between August 2007 and July 2008 in the lake surroundings to monitor the area; to indicate species frequency, to present a diagnosis on species population growth; and to identify areas where colonization by macrophytes is intense and could become an environmental problem. To carry out this inventory, 10 collections were conducted in 48 sampling points along the margins of the dam's lake. Exsiccates were deposited in the Herbarium of the Universidade Estadual de Ponta Grossa (HUPG). A total of 54 species were sampled, distributed in 16 families of flowering plants, 8 monocotyledons and 8 dycotyledons, and two other families of ferns.
macrophytes; amphibium plant; emergent plant; floating aquatic plant
