Horseshoe Pond

Lovell, Stoneham, Oxford, Maine
MIDAS 3196

Aquatic Plants

The following is a composite list, generated from all available plant data for this lake. The list may draw from one or multiple sources. The quality and completeness of the data will vary from lake to lake, depending upon the scope and the purpose of survey, as well as the level of expertise of the surveyor/s. Some surveys, for example those done by trained volunteers as part of and invasive aquatic plant screening surveys, have not been checked for accuracy, and are often not complete.

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aquatic moss spp. aquatic moss spp. arrowhead, common Sagittaria latifolia arrowhead, grass-leaved Sagittaria graminea arrowhead, spp. Sagittaria spp. bedstraw, threepetal Galium trifidum bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, hiddenfruit Utricularia geminiscapa bladderwort, humped Utricularia gibba bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, lesser Utricularia minor bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, small purple Utricularia resupinata blueflag Iris versicolor bulrush, water Schoenoplectis subterminalis bur-reed, American Sparganium americanum bur-reed, European Sparganium emersum bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, narrow floating-leaf Sparganium angustifolium bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum cutgrass, rice Leersia oryzoides golden pert Gratiola aurea little floating heart Nymphoides cordata mannagrass, boreal Glyceria borealis marsh St. Johnswort, Virginia Triadenum virginicum metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton muskgrass Chara spp. naiad, slender Najas flexilis naiad, thread-like Najas gracillima pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, Berchtold's slender Potamogeton berchtoldii pondweed, clasping-leaf Potamogeton perfoliatus pondweed, fern Potamogeton robbinsii pondweed, flat-stem Potamogeton zosteriformis pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, Oakes' Potamogeton oakesianus pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, snail-seed Potamogeton bicupulatus pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, bayonet Juncus militaris rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus sedge, woollyfruit Carex lasiocarpa var. americana spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, creeping Eleocharis palustris spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis spikerush, Robbin's Eleocharis robbinsii spikerush, spp. Eleocharis spp. sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater St. Johnswort, northern Hypericum boreale stonewort spp. Nitella spp. swamp candles Lysimachia terrestris threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water-milfoil, dwarf Myriophyllum tenellum water-purslane, common Ludwigia palustris watershield Brasenia schreberi waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana