Maranacook Lake

Readfield, Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine
MIDAS 5312

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.)

bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, spp. Utricularia spp. bryozoan colony (ectoprocta) Bryozoa bur-reed, narrow floating-leaf Sparganium angustifolium coontail Ceratophyllum demersum little floating heart Nymphoides cordata metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton naiad, slender Najas flexilis pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, large-leaf Potamogeton amplifolius pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus spatterdock Nuphar variegata water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water-milfoil, alternate-flowered Myriophyllum alterniflorum water-milfoil, Farwell's Myriophyllum farwellii water-milfoil, northern Myriophyllum sibiricum water-milfoil, spp. Myriophyllum spp. watershield Brasenia schreberi waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterweed, slender Elodea nutallii waterweed, spp. Elodea spp. wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana