Little Ossipee Lake
Waterboro, York, Maine
MIDAS 5024
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, spp. Sagittaria spp. bladderwort, common Utricularia vulgaris bladderwort, floating Utricularia radiata bladderwort, humped Utricularia gibba bladderwort, large purple Utricularia purpurea bladderwort, lesser Utricularia minor bladderwort, northern Utricularia intermedia bladderwort, spp. Utricularia spp. bur-reed, floating leaf Sparganium fluctuans bur-reed, spp. (emergent) Sparganium spp. coontail Ceratophyllum demersum duckweed, common Lemna minor duckweed, giant Spirodela polyrhiza golden pert Gratiola aurea little floating heart Nymphoides cordata mannagrass, boreal Glyceria borealis mare's tail Hippuris vulgaris mermaid weed, spp. Proserpinaca spp. metaphyton (colonial algae "clouds") metaphyton muskgrass Chara spp. naiad, slender Najas flexilis pickerel weed Pontedaria cordata pipewort Eriocaulon aquaticum pondweed, budding slender Potamogeton gemmiparus 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, slender Potamogeton pusillus pondweed, spiral-fruited Potamogeton spirillus pondweed, spp. Potamogeton spp. pondweed, variable Potamogeton gramineus quillwort Isoetes spp. rush, bayonet Juncus militaris rush, brown-fruited Juncus pelocarpus spatterdock Nuphar variegata spikerush, needle Eleocharis acicularis spikerush, Robbin's Eleocharis robbinsii stonewort spp. Nitella spp. water crowfoot, white Ranunculus aquatilis var. diffusus water lily, fragrant Nymphaea odorata water lobelia Lobelia dortmanna water marigold Bidens beckii water-milfoil, dwarf Myriophyllum tenellum watershield Brasenia schreberi water starwort, spp. Callitriche spp. waterweed, common Elodea canadensis waterweed, slender Elodea nutallii waterweed, spp. Elodea spp. waterwort Elatine minima wild celery (eel grass) Vallisneria americana