Hancock Pond

Sebago, Denmark, Oxford, Maine
MIDAS 3132

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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(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. arrowhead, common Sagittaria latifolia arrowhead, spp. Sagittaria spp. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, small purple Utricularia resupinata 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, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, Oakes' Potamogeton oakesianus pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, slender Potamogeton pusillus pondweed, snail-seed Potamogeton bicupulatus pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus quillwort Isoetes spp. quillwort, Tuckerman's Isoetes tuckermanii rush, bayonet Juncus militaris rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus spatterdock Nuphar variegata spearwort, creeping Ranunculus flammula spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis spikerush, Robbin's Eleocharis robbinsii sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater stonewort spp. Nitella spp. water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water marigold Bidens beckii water-milfoil, dwarf Myriophyllum tenellum water-purslane, common Ludwigia palustris watershield Brasenia schreberi waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana