David Pond
Chesterville, Fayette, Kennebec, Maine
MIDAS 5666
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, spp. Sagittaria spp. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, spp. Utricularia spp. bulrush, water Schoenoplectis subterminalis bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, narrow floating-leaf Sparganium angustifolium bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. cattail, common Typha latifolia cattail spp. Typha spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum golden pert Gratiola aurea 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, clasping-leaf Potamogeton perfoliatus pondweed, fern Potamogeton robbinsii pondweed, flat-stem Potamogeton zosteriformis pondweed, floating-leaf Potamogeton natans pondweed, large-leaf Potamogeton amplifolius pondweed, leafy Potamogeton foliosus pondweed, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, sago Potamogeton pectinatus pondweed, slender Potamogeton pusillus pondweed, small Potamogeton pusilloid spp. pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. pondweed, thread-leaf Stuckenia filiformis var. alpina pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, bayonet Juncus militaris rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus sedge, spp. Carex spp. spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis 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, alternate-flowered Myriophyllum alterniflorum water-milfoil, dwarf Myriophyllum tenellum water-milfoil, Farwell's Myriophyllum farwellii water-milfoil, low Myriophyllum humile water-milfoil, northern Myriophyllum sibiricum water-milfoil, spp. Myriophyllum spp. 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
