Messalonskee Lake (Snow Pond)
Belgrade, Oakland, Sidney, Kennebec, Maine
MIDAS 5280
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.
Click on the MAP links to view the statewide species distributions using our Species Mapper.
(If no species display below, there are no data for this lake in our database. If you have additional data, please contact us. NOTE: MAPS MAY BE SLOW TO LOAD DEPENDING ON QUERY.)
aquatic moss spp. aquatic moss spp. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, spp. Utricularia spp. bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton muskgrass Chara spp. pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, clasping-leaf Potamogeton perfoliatus pondweed, fern Potamogeton robbinsii pondweed, flat-stem Potamogeton zosteriformis pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, large-leaf Potamogeton amplifolius pondweed, slender Potamogeton pusillus pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, bayonet Juncus militaris spatterdock Nuphar variegata stonewort spp. Nitella spp. threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water marigold Bidens beckii watershield Brasenia schreberi waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterweed, slender Elodea nutallii wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana
