Stearns Pond
Sweden, Oxford, Maine
MIDAS 3234
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, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, small purple Utricularia resupinata bulrush, water Schoenoplectis subterminalis bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. golden pert Gratiola aurea little floating heart Nymphoides cordata metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton naiad, slender Najas flexilis pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, Berchtold's slender Potamogeton berchtoldii pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater stonewort spp. Nitella spp. threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water marigold Bidens beckii water-milfoil, dwarf Myriophyllum tenellum water parsnip Sium suave water-purslane, common Ludwigia palustris watershield Brasenia schreberi water starwort, spp. Callitriche spp. waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana
