Long (Great) Pond

Mount Desert, Southwest Harbor, Hancock, Maine
MIDAS 4622

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, northern Sagittaria cuneata arrowhead, spp. Sagittaria spp. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, horned Utricularia cornuta bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, lesser Utricularia minor bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, small purple Utricularia resupinata 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. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum duckweed, giant Spirodela polyrhiza little floating heart Nymphoides cordata 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, clasping-leaf Potamogeton perfoliatus 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, snail-seed Potamogeton bicupulatus pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, bayonet Juncus militaris rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus spatterdock Nuphar variegata spearwort, creeping Ranunculus flammula spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis spikerush, Robbin's Eleocharis robbinsii 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 watershield Brasenia schreberi water starwort, spp. Callitriche spp. waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana