Lake Arrowhead (Ossipee Flowage)
Limerick, Waterboro, York, Maine
MIDAS 9715
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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American burr-reed Sparganium americanum American sweet flag Acorus americanus arrowhead, spp. Sagittaria spp. Bayonet rush Juncus militaris Berchtold's pondweed Potamogeton berchtoldii bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum Dwarf water milfoil Heterophyllum tenellum Floating crystalwort Riccia fluitans Grass-leaved arrowhead Sagittaria graminea Hedge hyssop Gratiola aura Hidden-fruit bladderwort Utricularia geminiscapa Humped bladderwort Utricularia gibba little floating heart Nymphoides cordata metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton muskgrass Chara spp. naiad, slender Najas flexilis Orphrydium Orphrydium versatile 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, ribbon-leaf Potamogeton epihydrous pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus quillwort Isoetes spp. Robbins' spikerush Eleocharis robbinsii Slender waterweed Elodea nuttallii spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis stonewort spp. Nitella spp. Swaying bulrush Schoenoplectus subterminalis Thread-like naiad Najas gracillima Three-way sedge Dolichium arundinaceum water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water marigold Bidens beckii watershield Brasenia schreberi waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterweed, spp. Elodea spp. waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana
