Black Pond

Porter, Oxford, Maine
MIDAS 0351

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.)

arrowhead, common Sagittaria latifolia bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, humped Utricularia gibba bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bur-reed, American Sparganium americanum bur-reed, small Sparganium natans cattail spp. Typha spp. duckweed, giant Spirodela polyrhiza hornwort, prickly Ceratophyllum echinatum mermaid weed, common Proserpinaca palustris metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton naiad, slender Najas flexilis pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus spatterdock Nuphar variegata sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water marigold Bidens beckii watershield Brasenia schreberi