West Harbor Pond
Boothbay Harbor, Lincoln, Maine
MIDAS 5372
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 arrowhead, grass-leaved Sagittaria graminea arrowhead, spp. Sagittaria spp. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, spp. Utricularia spp. bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. cattail, common Typha latifolia cattail, narrowleaf Typha angustifolia cattail spp. Typha spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum duckweed, common Lemna minor duckweed, giant Spirodela polyrhiza hornwort, prickly Ceratophyllum echinatum metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton muskgrass Chara spp. naiad, slender Najas flexilis pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pondweed, budding slender Potamogeton gemmiparus pondweed, clasping-leaf Potamogeton perfoliatus pondweed, fern Potamogeton robbinsii pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, slender Potamogeton pusillus pondweed, small Potamogeton pusilloid spp. pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, bayonet Juncus militaris spatterdock Nuphar variegata stonewort spp. Nitella spp. water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water-milfoil, low Myriophyllum humile water starwort, spp. Callitriche spp. wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana
