Pleasant Lake
Casco, Otisfield, OXFORD, Maine
MIDAS 3446
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 bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, spp. Utricularia spp. bryozoan colony (ectoprocta) Bryozoa 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. buttonbush, common Cephalanthus occidentalis cattail, common Typha latifolia cattail spp. Typha spp. duckweed, common Lemna minor duckweed, giant Spirodela polyrhiza little floating heart Nymphoides cordata marsh St. Johnswort, Virginia Triadenum virginicum metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton naiad, slender Najas flexilis pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, fern Potamogeton robbinsii pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. quillwort Isoetes spp. spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater stonewort spp. Nitella spp. sweetgale Myrica gale threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water parsnip Sium suave watershield Brasenia schreberi water starwort, spp. Callitriche spp. waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterweed, slender Elodea nutallii wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana
