Heald Pond

Lovell, Oxford, Maine
MIDAS 3222

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. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, humped Utricularia gibba bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, lesser Utricularia minor bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, spp. Utricularia spp. bulrush, water Schoenoplectis subterminalis bur-reed, American Sparganium americanum bur-reed, European Sparganium emersum bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, narrow floating-leaf Sparganium angustifolium bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum cutgrass, rice Leersia oryzoides golden pert Gratiola aurea hornwort, prickly Ceratophyllum echinatum 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, Berchtold's slender Potamogeton berchtoldii pondweed, fern Potamogeton robbinsii pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, Oakes' Potamogeton oakesianus pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, slender Potamogeton pusillus pondweed, small Potamogeton pusilloid spp. pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus rush, Canadian Juncus canadensis sedge, woollyfruit Carex lasiocarpa var. americana spatterdock Nuphar variegata spearwort, creeping Ranunculus flammula spikerush, creeping Eleocharis palustris spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis spikerush, Robbin's Eleocharis robbinsii sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater St. Johnswort, northern Hypericum boreale St. Johnswort, pale Hypericum ellipticum stonewort spp. Nitella spp. swamp candles Lysimachia terrestris threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water buttercup Ranunculus spp. water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water-milfoil, alternate-flowered Myriophyllum alterniflorum water-milfoil, dwarf Myriophyllum tenellum water parsnip Sium suave water-purslane, common Ludwigia palustris watershield Brasenia schreberi waterweed, slender Elodea nutallii waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana