Estes Lake
Alfred, Sanford, York, Maine
MIDAS 0007
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. arum, green arrow Peltandra virginica bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, humped Utricularia gibba bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, narrow floating-leaf Sparganium angustifolium bur-reed, submersed spp. Sparganium spp. cattail spp. Typha spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum duckweed, common Lemna minor duckweed, giant Spirodela polyrhiza little floating heart Nymphoides cordata metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton muskgrass Chara spp. naiad, slender Najas flexilis pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, Berchtold's slender Potamogeton berchtoldii pondweed, budding slender Potamogeton gemmiparus pondweed, fern Potamogeton robbinsii pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, large-leaf Potamogeton amplifolius pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, small Potamogeton pusilloid spp. pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis spikerush, Robbin's Eleocharis robbinsii sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water buttercup Ranunculus spp. water crowfoot, white Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water marigold Bidens beckii water-milfoil, low Myriophyllum humile water parsnip Sium suave watershield Brasenia schreberi waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterweed, slender Elodea nutallii waterweed, spp. Elodea spp. waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana wild rice, spp. Zizania spp.
