West Pond
Parsonsfield, York, Maine
MIDAS 3186
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, grass-leaved Sagittaria graminea arrowhead, spp. Sagittaria spp. bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, small purple Utricularia resupinata bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. golden pert Gratiola aurea 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, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, large-leaf Potamogeton amplifolius pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, slender Potamogeton pusillus pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, bayonet Juncus militaris rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus rush, spp. Juncus spp. spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater stonewort spp. Nitella spp. water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna watershield Brasenia schreberi wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana
