Tree Lake Aquatic Plant Species, 2004

Scientific Name                                                     Common Name                       I. D. Code

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Emergent Species

1) Calla palustris L.                                             water arum                                 calpa

2) Sagittaria latifolia Wild.                                  common arrowhead                  sagla

3) Scirpus validus Vahl.                                     softstem bulrush                       sciva

4) Typha latifolia L.                                             common cattail                          typla

5) Zizania palustris  L.                                        northern wild-rice                      zizpa

 

Floating-leaf Species

6) Lemna minor L.                                               small duckweed                        lemmi

7) Nuphar variegata Durand.                             bull-head pond lily                     nupva

8) Nymphaea odorata Aiton.                             white water lily                            nymod

9) Spirodela polyrhiza (L.) Schleiden.             great duckweed                        spipo

 

Submergent Species

10) Bidens beckii  Torr.                                      water marigold                          bidbe

11) Ceratophyllum demersum L.                      coontail                                       cerde

12) Chara sp.                                                       muskgrass                                  chasp

13) Elodea canadensis Michx.                         common waterweed                  eloca

14) Myriophyllum sibiricum Komarov.             common water milfoil                myrsi

15) Najas flexilis (Willd.) Rostkov and Schmidt.

                                                                              slender naiad                             najfl

16) Potamogeton amplifolius Tuckerman.      large-leaf pondweed                 potam

17) Potamogeton epihydrus Raf.                      ribbon-leaf pondweed               potep

18) Potamogeton illinoensis  Morong.             Illinois pondweed                      potil

19) Potamogeton natans L.                               floating pondweed                     potna

20) Potamogeton pectinatus L.                        sago pondweed                        potpe

21) Potamogeton zosteriformis Fern.               flatstem pondweed                    potzo

22) Ranunculus longirostris Godron.                white watercrowfoot                  ranlo

23) Utricularia vulgaris  L.                                  great bladderwort                      utrvu

24) Vallisneria americana L.                              water celery                                valam

 

FREQUENCY OF OCCURRENCE

Vallisneria americana was the most frequently occurring species in Tree Lake in 2004, (60% of sample sites) (Ceratophyllum demersum, Chara spp., Myriophyllum sibiricum, Najas flexilis, Nymphaea odorata and Potamogeton zosteriformis were also commonly occurring species, (52%, 40%, 31%, 52%, 22% 27%).

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Tree Lake Aquatic Plant Species