Lake Anasagunticook (Canton Lake)
Canton, Hartford, Oxford, Maine
MIDAS 3604
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, spp. Sagittaria spp. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, humped Utricularia gibba bulrush, spp. Schoenoplectus spp. bulrush, water Schoenoplectis subterminalis bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, narrow floating-leaf Sparganium angustifolium cattail, common Typha latifolia little floating heart Nymphoides cordata mannagrass, boreal Glyceria borealis 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 quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis spikerush, spp. Eleocharis spp. sponge, freshwater spp. sponge, freshwater St. Johnswort, northern Hypericum boreale stonewort spp. Nitella spp. threeway sedge Dulichium arundinaceum water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water-milfoil, dwarf Myriophyllum tenellum watershield Brasenia schreberi water starwort, spp. Callitriche spp. waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterweed, slender Elodea nutallii waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana woolgrass Scirpus cyperinus
