Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Data - 1 - Alto / Alachua Aquatic plant data collected on June 27, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.0 Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m 2 ) 2.8 Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m 2 ) 3.6 Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m 2 ) 0.8 Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 36.3 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20
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Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Data - 1 -
Alto / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 27, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 36.3 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20
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Alto / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 14, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 30.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 56.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 bur marigold Bidens mitis 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Holden Pond / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 30, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 94.2 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 90 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 red maple Acer rubrum 70 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 40 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 40 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 shrubby primrosewillow Ludwigia suffruicosa 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 willow Salix spp. 10 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Little Orange / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 27, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 45.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 para grass* Urochloa mutica 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 70 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 umbrella-grass Fuirena squarrosa 10 bladderwort family Lentibulariaceae 10
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Little Orange / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on July 23, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 58.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) red maple Acer rubrum 90 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 90 willow Salix spp. 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Little Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on July 6, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 16.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 73.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 30 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 bog button Lachnocaulon spp. 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Little Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 67.2 Average lake depth (m) 4.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 80 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 70 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 sedge family Cyperaceae 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Little Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 19, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 80.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 40 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Little Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 16.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 45.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 50 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 swamp bay Persea palustris 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 azolla Azolla caroliniana 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 20 willow Salix spp. 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on August 14, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 70.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 22.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 259.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 16 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 94 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 94 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 88 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 75 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 69 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 69 cat-tail Typha spp. 69 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 62 green algae Chlorphyta 56 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 38 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 31 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 25 common duckweed Lemna minor 19 water paspalum Paspalum repens 12 common salvinia Salvinia minima 12 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 6 sedge family Cyperaceae 6 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 6 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 6 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 6 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 6
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 16, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 52.5 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 14.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 100.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 77 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 73 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 67 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 67 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 common duckweed Lemna minor 57 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 57 common salvinia Salvinia minima 43 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 37 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 37 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 37 willow Salix spp. 37 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 33 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 33 cat-tail Typha spp. 33 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 30 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 23 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 17 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 13 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 13 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 13 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 7 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 3 soft rush Juncus effusus 3 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 3 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 3 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 3 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 3
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 18, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 22.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 6.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 98.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bald cypress Taxodium distichum 95 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 85 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 75 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 75 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 75 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 65 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 willow Salix spp. 35 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 25 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 25 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 15 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 15 cat-tail Typha spp. 15 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 bulrush spp. Juncus spp. 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 5 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 5 para grass* Urochloa mutica 5
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 62.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 139.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 95 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 95 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 75 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 65 cat-tail Typha spp. 45 soft rush Juncus effusus 35 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 35 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 25 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 25 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 25 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 25 willow Salix spp. 15 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 red maple Acer rubrum 5 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 5 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 5 shore rush Juncus marginatus 5 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 5 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 5 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 5 common salvinia Salvinia minima 5 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 5
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 29, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 107.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 85 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 80 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 soft rush Juncus effusus 65 common salvinia Salvinia minima 65 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 55 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 55 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 55 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 stonewort Nitella spp. 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 willow Salix spp. 35 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 35 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 30 red maple Acer rubrum 25 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 15 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 15 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 15 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 15 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 5 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 5 duckweed spp. Lemna spp. 5 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 5 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 5 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 5 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 5 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 5 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 5
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 261.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 85 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 80 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 75 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 65 willow Salix spp. 55 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 50 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 45 duckweed spp. Lemna spp. 35 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 25 cat-tail Typha spp. 25 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 20 red maple Acer rubrum 15 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 15 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 5 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 5 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 5 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 5 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 5 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 5 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 5
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 13.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 155.6 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 80 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 80 green algae Chlorphyta 50 azolla Azolla caroliniana 30 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 30 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Lochloosa / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on September 8, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 3.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 384.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 90 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 60 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 soft rush Juncus effusus 50 common duckweed Lemna minor 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 sesbans Sesbania spp. 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 30 zigzag bladderwort Utricularia subulata 30 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 20 . Panicum spp. 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 willow Salix spp. 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 seashore marsh-mallow Kosteletzkya virginica 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Melrose Bay / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 12, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 34.6 Average lake depth (m) 5.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 . . 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Melrose Bay / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 37.6 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 100 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100
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Melrose Bay / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 19, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 12.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 13.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 23.6 Average lake depth (m) 4.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 40 red maple Acer rubrum 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20
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Melrose Bay / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 85.7 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 25.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 red maple Acer rubrum 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20
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Moss / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 30, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 67.3 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 water star-wort Callitriche heterophylla 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 red maple Acer rubrum 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 willow Salix spp. 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 shrubby primrosewillow Ludwigia suffruicosa 50 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
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Newnan / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 27, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.1 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 667.1 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 95 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 willow Salix spp. 85 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 80 common duckweed Lemna minor 75 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 70 para grass* Urochloa mutica 65 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 40 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 35 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 25 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 25 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 25 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 20 red maple Acer rubrum 15 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 duckweed spp. Lemna spp. 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 5 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 5
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Newnan / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on July 6, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 6.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 460.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 100 willow Salix spp. 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 95 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 85 common duckweed Lemna minor 85 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 85 common salvinia Salvinia minima 85 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 65 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 55 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 55 cat-tail Typha spp. 45 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 30 red maple Acer rubrum 25 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 25 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 25 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 25 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 5 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 5 duckweed spp. Lemna spp. 5 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 5 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 5 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 5
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Newnan / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 4, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 387.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) willow Salix spp. 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 90 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 70 common duckweed Lemna minor 70 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 40 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 40 giant sedge Carex gigantea 30 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 30 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 20 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 primrosewillow Ludwigia spp. 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10
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Orange / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 19, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 13.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 531.7 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 25 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 96 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 92 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 92 cat-tail Typha spp. 92 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 88 willow Salix spp. 88 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 76 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 72 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 52 red maple Acer rubrum 48 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 36 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 36 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 32 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 32 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 32 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 24 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 24 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 16 para grass* Urochloa mutica 12 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 8 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 8 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 8 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 8 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 4 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 4 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 4 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 4 common duckweed Lemna minor 4 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 4 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 4 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 4
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Orange / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 58.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 13.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 1215.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 25 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 96 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 92 common duckweed Lemna minor 84 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 76 cat-tail Typha spp. 76 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 68 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 68 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 68 willow Salix spp. 64 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 56 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 52 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 48 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 48 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 red maple Acer rubrum 28 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 16 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 16 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 16 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 16 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 12 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 12 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 12 common salvinia Salvinia minima 12 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 8 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 8 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 8 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 8 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 8 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 8 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 4
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Orange / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on October 11, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 42.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 10.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 11.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 1240.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 25 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 100 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 96 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 88 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 88 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 84 common duckweed Lemna minor 84 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 76 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 72 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 60 willow Salix spp. 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 52 swamp flatsedge Cyperus ligularis 44 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 44 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 44 cat-tail Typha spp. 44 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 36 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 28 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 28 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 24 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 primrosewillow Ludwigia spp. 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 16 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 16 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 16 azolla Azolla caroliniana 12 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 12 torpedograss* Panicum repens 12 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 8 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 8 yellow nut-grass* Cyperus esculentus 8 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 8 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 4 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 4 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 4 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 4 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 4 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 4 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 4 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 4
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Orange / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on September 3, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 51.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 19.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 12.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 12.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 2582.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 25 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 100 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 100 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 96 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 88 cat-tail Typha spp. 88 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 84 willow Salix spp. 84 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 68 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 64 seashore marsh-mallow Kosteletzkya virginica 60 common duckweed Lemna minor 56 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 52 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 48 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 48 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 red maple Acer rubrum 36 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 36 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 24 common salvinia Salvinia minima 24 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 24 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 azolla Azolla caroliniana 16 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 16 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 16 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 16 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 12 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 12 yellow water-lily Nymphaea mexicana 12 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 12 sesbans Sesbania spp. 12 giant foxtail Setaria magna 12 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 8 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 8 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 8 zigzag bladderwort Utricularia subulata 8 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 4
Aquatic plant data collected on May 12, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 5.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 99.8 Average lake depth (m) 5.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 93 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 73 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 67 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 53 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 53 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 33 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 27 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 27 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 13 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 13 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 7 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 7 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 7 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 7 willow Salix spp. 7 para grass* Urochloa mutica 7
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Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 98.8 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 93 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 73 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 73 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 67 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 60 stonewort Nitella spp. 47 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 47 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 33 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 33 common salvinia Salvinia minima 33 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 27 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 27 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 27 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 13 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 13 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 13 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 13 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 13 Australian pine* Casuarina equisetifolia 7 soft rush Juncus effusus 7 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 7 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 7 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 7 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 7 para grass* Urochloa mutica 7 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 7
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Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 19, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 110.8 Average lake depth (m) 5.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 75 stonewort Nitella spp. 55 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 45 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 25 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 25 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 red maple Acer rubrum 15 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 15 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 15 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 5 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 5 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 5 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 5 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 5 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 5 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 5 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 5 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 5 common salvinia Salvinia minima 5 cat-tail Typha spp. 5 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 5 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 5 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 5
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Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 16, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 22.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 70.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 60 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 swamp bay Persea palustris 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on August 29, 2002 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 87.3 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 pond cypress Taxodium ascendens 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 93 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 53 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 53 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 green algae Chlorphyta 33 stonewort Nitella spp. 33 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 13 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 13 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 13 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 13 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 13 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 13 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 7 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 7 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 7 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 7 slender naiad* Najas minor 7 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 7 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 7 swamp bay Persea palustris 7 meadowbeauty Rhexia spp. 7 common salvinia Salvinia minima 7 para grass* Urochloa mutica 7 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 7 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 7
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Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 27, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 187.6 Average lake depth (m) 6.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 93 pond cypress Taxodium ascendens 73 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 67 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 red maple Acer rubrum 53 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 53 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 53 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 47 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 33 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 27 common duckweed Lemna minor 27 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 27 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 27 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 20 willow Salix spp. 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 13 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 13 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 13 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 7 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 7 torpedograss* Panicum repens 7 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 7 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 7
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Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 15, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 71.2 Average lake depth (m) 4.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 93 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 87 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 73 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 73 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 67 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 53 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 53 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 47 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 33 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 33 red maple Acer rubrum 27 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 water spider orchid Habenaria repens 13 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 13 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 13 torpedograss* Panicum repens 13 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 13 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 13 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 7 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 7 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 7 creeping rush Juncus repens 7 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 7 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 7 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 7 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 7 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 7 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 7
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Santa Fe / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 12, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 150.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 93 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 73 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 67 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 53 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 47 red maple Acer rubrum 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 33 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 27 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 27 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 27 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 creeping rush Juncus repens 20 bulrush spp. Juncus spp. 20 redpod rush Juncus trigonocarpus 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 13 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 13 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 13 common duckweed Lemna minor 13 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 13 sesbans Sesbania spp. 13 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 7 southern blue flag Iris virginica 7 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 7 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 7 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 7 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 7 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 7 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 7 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 7 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 7 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 7 willow Salix spp. 7
Aquatic plant data collected on May 26, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 5.9 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 18.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) red maple Acer rubrum 100 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 30 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Wauberg / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 30, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 18.7 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Wauberg / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 11, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 25.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common duckweed Lemna minor 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 red maple Acer rubrum 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 40 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 soft rush Juncus effusus 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 canna Canna spp. 10 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Wauberg / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on September 26, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 58.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 40 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 20 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 20 beggar-ticks Bidens spp. 10 swamp loosestrife Decodon verticillatus 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Wauberg / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 10, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 42.4 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) red maple Acer rubrum 90 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 40 willow Salix spp. 30 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 jointtail grass Manisuris spp. 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 vasey grass* Paspalum urvillei 10 red bay Persea borbonia 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10
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Wauberg / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 6, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 29.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 46.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 90 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 stalk-grain sedge Carex stipata 50 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 30 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 20 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 caric sedge Carex albolutescens 10 bearded sedge Carex comosa 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 bog rush Juncus elliottii 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Wauberg / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on June 1, 2011 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 5.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 17.4 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 red maple Acer rubrum 80 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
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Wauberg / Alachua
Aquatic plant data collected on May 31, 2012 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.7 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 2.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 50 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 40 willow Salix spp. 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 shore rush Juncus marginatus 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 yellow nut-grass* Cyperus esculentus 10 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10
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Deer Point / Bay
Aquatic plant data collected on May 23, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 89.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 29.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 210.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Eurasian watermilfoil* Myriophyllum spicatum 100 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 93 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 73 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 67 torpedograss* Panicum repens 67 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 53 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 47 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 47 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 33 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 33 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 33 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 33 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 27 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 27 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 27 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 27 red maple Acer rubrum 20 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 13 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 13 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 13 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 13 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 7 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 7 bearded sedge Carex comosa 7 stalk-grain sedge Carex stipata 7 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 7 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 7 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 7 . Nitella prolonga 7 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 7 golden-club Orontium aquaticum 7 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 7 willow Salix spp. 7
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Deer Point / Bay
Aquatic plant data collected on August 25, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 9.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 134.4 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 93 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 93 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 93 Eurasian watermilfoil* Myriophyllum spicatum 87 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 87 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 80 hazel alder Alnus serrulata 67 torpedograss* Panicum repens 67 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 53 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 53 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 53 red maple Acer rubrum 47 musk-grass Chara spp. 33 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 33 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 33 cat-tail Typha spp. 33 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 27 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 27 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 27 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 27 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 20 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 13 seashore marsh-mallow Kosteletzkya virginica 13 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 13 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 13 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 7 red-root flatsedge Cyperus erythrorhizos 7 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 7 swamp loosestrife Decodon verticillatus 7 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 7 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 7 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 7 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 7 willow Salix spp. 7 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 7 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 7
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Powell / Bay
Aquatic plant data collected on November 16, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 22.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) black rush Juncus roemerianus 100 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 widgeon grass Ruppia maritima 50 salt marsh fringe rush Fimbristylis castanea 40 switchgrass Panicum virgatum 40 smooth cord grass Spartina alterniflora 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 common reed Phragmites australis 20 seaoats Uniola paniculata 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10 sea purslane Sesuvium spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Bedford / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on May 31, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.9 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 23.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 90 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 30 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 willow Salix spp. 20 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10
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Hampton / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on June 4, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 47.1 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 11.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 38.3 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Hampton / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on July 2, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 20.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 65.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 40 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 40 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 40 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 slender naiad* Najas minor 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Hampton / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on July 1, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 51.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 50 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 40 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Sampson / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 38.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 11.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 163.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 90 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 50 stonewort Nitella spp. 50 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 primrosewillow Ludwigia spp. 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 willow Salix spp. 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Sampson / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on September 20, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 307.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 green algae Chlorphyta 90 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 90 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 willow Salix spp. 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Sampson / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on June 4, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 57.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 14.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 345.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 90 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 sesbans Sesbania spp. 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 40 willow Salix spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 10
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Sampson / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on June 4, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 57.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 14.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 345.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Sampson / Bradford
Aquatic plant data collected on May 18, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 44.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 358.2 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 80 willow Salix spp. 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 70 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 60 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 50 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 40 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 caric sedge Carex albolutescens 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 bog rush Juncus elliottii 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Forest / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on August 21, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 2.6 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) musk-grass Chara spp. 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10
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Fox / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on July 21, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 16.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 391.5 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 90 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 water spider orchid Habenaria repens 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Palm / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on August 21, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 1.8 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 pondweed family Potamogetonaceae 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20
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Poinsett / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on July 20, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 14.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 979.2 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 90 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 85 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 85 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 giant reed* Arundo donax 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 willow Salix spp. 70 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 70 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 60 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 55 para grass* Urochloa mutica 55 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 35 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 35 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 25 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 25 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 15 fire flag Thalia geniculata 15 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 green algae Chlorphyta 5 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 5 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 5 common duckweed Lemna minor 5 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 5 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 5 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 5
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Poinsett / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on June 27, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 307.9 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common reed Phragmites australis 100 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 100 big carpetgrass Axonopus furcatus 90 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 75 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 65 annual spikrush Eleocharis geniculata 65 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 50 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 willow Salix spp. 35 yellow flatsedge Cyperus flavescens 25 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 Johnson grass* Sorghum halenpense 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 5 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 5 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 5 cat-tail Typha spp. 5
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Poinsett / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on June 23, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 582.2 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common reed Phragmites australis 100 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 100 sesbans Sesbania spp. 93 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 87 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 67 willow Salix spp. 67 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 60 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 33 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 27 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 . Panicum spp. 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 13 azolla Azolla caroliniana 7 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 7
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South Lake / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on July 21, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 100.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 55.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 21.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 818.7 Average lake depth (m) 0.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 80 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 20 widgeon grass Ruppia maritima 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Valkaria / Brevard
Aquatic plant data collected on August 21, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 10.6 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 100 . Nitella prolonga 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 pondweed family Potamogetonaceae 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 20 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Cliff / Broward
Aquatic plant data collected on July 30, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 6.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 green algae Chlorphyta 60 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 60 Australian pine* Casuarina equisetifolia 40 frog fruit Phyla nodiflora 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 white mangrove Laguncularia racemosa 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20
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Delevoe / Broward
Aquatic plant data collected on July 30, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 7.8 Average lake depth (m) 9.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 100 . Lyngbya spp. 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 musk-grass Chara spp. 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 willow Salix spp. 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20
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Bellamy / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on July 2, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 98.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 60.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 223.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 100 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 90 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 90 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 90 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 70 . Nitella prolonga 70 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 70 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 willow Salix spp. 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Croft / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on August 11, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 80.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 10.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 683.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 100 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 90 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 70 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 50 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 50 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 . Nitella prolonga 30 willow Salix spp. 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Dodd / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on July 3, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 98.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 75.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 747.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 90 . Nitella prolonga 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 90 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 50 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 30 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 sedge family Cyperaceae 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Floral City / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 76.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 90 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 70 para grass* Urochloa mutica 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 sedge family Cyperaceae 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 water-aloe* Stratiotes aloides 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Hampton / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 14.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 57.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 common duckweed Lemna minor 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 70 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 50 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 40 azolla Azolla caroliniana 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 willow Salix spp. 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 bladderwort family Lentibulariaceae 10 golden-club Orontium aquaticum 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Henderson / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 14.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 121.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10
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Henderson / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 20, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 67.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 50 willow Salix spp. 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
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Hernando / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 96.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 57.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 15.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 355.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 90 . Nitella prolonga 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 60 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 60 green fanwort Cabomba caroliniana var. multipartita 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 50 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 40 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 40 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 willow Salix spp. 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Hernando / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on July 2, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 90.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 55.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 195.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 16 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 94 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 94 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 94 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 88 cat-tail Typha spp. 88 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 81 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 75 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 69 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 69 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 69 . Nitella prolonga 62 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 62 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 56 willow Salix spp. 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 44 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 44 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 44 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 44 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 44 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 44 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 38 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 38 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 38 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 31 torpedograss* Panicum repens 31 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 31 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 25 green fanwort Cabomba caroliniana var. multipartita 19 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 19 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 19 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 12 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 12 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 12 stonewort Nitella spp. 12 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 12 common salvinia Salvinia minima 12 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 12 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 6 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 6 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 6 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 6 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 6
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Little Henderson / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on July 2, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 283.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 70 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Little Henderson / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on August 14, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 129.4 Average lake depth (m) 4.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 70 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 willow Salix spp. 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Little Spivey / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on August 14, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) .
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) .
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) .
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) . Average lake depth (m) 4.8 Frequency that plant species occur in . evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%)
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Small / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 94.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 50.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 12.0 Average lake depth (m) 0.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common duckweed Lemna minor 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 80 stonewort Nitella spp. 80 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 80 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 80 azolla Azolla caroliniana 60 green fanwort Cabomba caroliniana var. multipartita 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 40 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 40 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 willow Salix spp. 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 water-meal Wolffia spp. 20
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Spivey / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 20.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 111.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10
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Spivey / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 20, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 16.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 133.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 50 willow Salix spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 azolla Azolla caroliniana 10 green fanwort Cabomba caroliniana var. multipartita 10 sedge family Cyperaceae 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Todd / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 23, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 88.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 35.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 675.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 . Nitella prolonga 70 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Todd / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on July 2, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 94.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 63.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 2739.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 90 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 90 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 80 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 30 willow Salix spp. 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 . Nitella prolonga 20 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 10 sedge family Cyperaceae 10 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10
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Tsala Apopka / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on August 14, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 1529.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 50 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 willow Salix spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 30 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Tsala Apopka South / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 56.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 90 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 sedge family Cyperaceae 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 willow Salix spp. 20 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 azolla Azolla caroliniana 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 carex sedge Carex spp. 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 bladderwort family Lentibulariaceae 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10
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Van Ness / Citrus
Aquatic plant data collected on August 11, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 82.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 11.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 261.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 70 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 60 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 50 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 willow Salix spp. 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 . Nitella prolonga 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Asbury North / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on September 22, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 38.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 49.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 stonewort Nitella spp. 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Asbury North / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on June 1, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 92.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 12.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 90 green algae Chlorphyta 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 40 stonewort Nitella spp. 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 30 spikerushes Eleocharis spp. 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 canna Canna spp. 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 willow Salix spp. 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Asbury South / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on September 22, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 56.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 11.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 38.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) stonewort Nitella spp. 90 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 80 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Asbury South / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on June 1, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 82.4 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 12.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) stonewort Nitella spp. 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 red maple Acer rubrum 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 20 water oak Quercus nigra 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Brooklyn / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 34.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 160.7 Average lake depth (m) 4.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 70 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 45 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 5 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 5 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 5 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 5 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 5 willow Salix spp. 5 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 5
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Brooklyn Bay / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 125.5 Average lake depth (m) 6.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10
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Crystal / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 2, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 85.5 Average lake depth (m) 5.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 80 stonewort Nitella spp. 80 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 40 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 30 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10
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Kingsley / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on June 4, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 19.8 Average lake depth (m) 7.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 willow Salix spp. 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10
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Kingsley / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 1, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 19.7 Average lake depth (m) 7.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 willow Salix spp. 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 red bay Persea borbonia 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Lily / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 28, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.1 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 21.9 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 70 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 30 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10
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Little Crystal / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 2, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 14.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 66.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 80 red maple Acer rubrum 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 red bay Persea borbonia 40 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20
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Lowery / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 15.7 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 74.5 Average lake depth (m) 4.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 watercress* Nasturtium officinale 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10
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Magnolia / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 25.5 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 47.0 Average lake depth (m) 7.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 80 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10
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Sheelar / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 15, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 9.6 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 24.2 Average lake depth (m) 9.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 100 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 100 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 70 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 rush family Juncaceae 10
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Spring / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 82.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 50 soft rush Juncus effusus 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 willow Salix spp. 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10
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Twin / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 13, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 14.7 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 100 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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White Sand / Clay
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 56.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 21.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 222.0 Average lake depth (m) 0.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Trafford / Collier
Aquatic plant data collected on July 23, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 90.9 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 pond apple Annona glabra 90 fire flag Thalia geniculata 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 80 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 80 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 70 willow Salix spp. 60 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 50 common reed Phragmites australis 50 sesbans Sesbania spp. 50 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Alligator / Columbia
Aquatic plant data collected on August 19, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 15.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 67.1 Average lake depth (m) 0.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 common duckweed Lemna minor 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 willow Salix spp. 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 30 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 Guinea grass* Panicum maximum 10
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Disston / Flagler
Aquatic plant data collected on August 4, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 109.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 30 willow Salix spp. 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 spider orchid Habenaria spp. 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Disston / Flagler
Aquatic plant data collected on July 1, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 77.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 30 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 30 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 20 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Tallavana / Gadsden
Aquatic plant data collected on July 28, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 12.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 15.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) musk-grass Chara spp. 90 soft rush Juncus effusus 90 slender naiad* Najas minor 90 para grass* Urochloa mutica 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 willow Salix spp. 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10
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Tallavana / Gadsden
Aquatic plant data collected on June 6, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 22.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) soft rush Juncus effusus 100 woolly panicum Panicum scabriusculum 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 common duckweed Lemna minor 80 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 30 green algae Chlorphyta 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 azolla Azolla caroliniana 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water-net Hydrodictyon spp. 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Talquin / Gadsden
Aquatic plant data collected on August 17, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 40.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 67.3 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 30 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 30 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 green algae Chlorphyta 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Talquin / Gadsden
Aquatic plant data collected on May 25, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 196.9 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 73 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 47 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 47 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 33 stalk-grain sedge Carex stipata 27 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 13 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 13 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 13 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 13 small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus 13 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 13 azolla Azolla caroliniana 7 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 7 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 7 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 7 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 7 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 7 Iris Iris spp. 7 soft rush Juncus effusus 7 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 7 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 7 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 7 willow Salix spp. 7 common salvinia Salvinia minima 7 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 7 cat-tail Typha spp. 7
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Talquin / Gadsden
Aquatic plant data collected on August 27, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 190.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 93 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 red maple Acer rubrum 53 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 53 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 53 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 47 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 33 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 33 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 33 cat-tail Typha spp. 27 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 20 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 13 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 13 common duckweed Lemna minor 13 willow Salix spp. 13 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 13 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 7 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 7 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 7 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 7 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 7 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 7
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Dead / Gulf
Aquatic plant data collected on May 24, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 29.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 93 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 93 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 73 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 67 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 60 willow Salix spp. 53 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 33 burrhead Echinodorus spp. 27 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 13 creeping rush Juncus repens 7 torpedograss* Panicum repens 7
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Dead / Gulf
Aquatic plant data collected on August 26, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 2026.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 90 willow Salix spp. 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 50 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 40 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10
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Timber / Hamilton
Aquatic plant data collected on May 29, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 27.4 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 80 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Lindsey / Hernando
Aquatic plant data collected on June 18, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 30.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 11.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 403.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-shield Brasenia schreberi 100 bladderwort family Lentibulariaceae 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 100 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 spider-lily Hymenocallis spp. 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Lindsey / Hernando
Aquatic plant data collected on June 15, 1994 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 100.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 63.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) . Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 100 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 90 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 80 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 70 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 20 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 20 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Mountain / Hernando
Aquatic plant data collected on June 15, 1994 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 78.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 65.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 62.6 Average lake depth (m) 1.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 100 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 90 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 common duckweed Lemna minor 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 azolla Azolla caroliniana 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 willow Salix spp. 50 soft rush Juncus effusus 40 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Adelaide / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 23, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 64.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 willow Salix spp. 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Apthorpe / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 31, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 34.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 63.2 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 stonewort Nitella spp. 60 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 50 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 50 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 willow Salix spp. 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 bulrush spp. Juncus spp. 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 azolla Azolla caroliniana 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Blue / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 6, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 14.6 Average lake depth (m) 5.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 bulrush spp. Juncus spp. 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Bonnet / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 19, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 84.5 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 green algae Chlorphyta 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 30 . Lyngbya spp. 20 swamp bay Persea palustris 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Byrd / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 25, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 21.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 34.5 Average lake depth (m) 4.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 70 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 stonewort Nitella spp. 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 Guinea grass* Panicum maximum 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10
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Carrie / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 10, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 13.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 38.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 willow Salix spp. 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Charlotte / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 10, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 90.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 azolla Azolla caroliniana 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 mingled beaksedge Rhynchospora mixta 30 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Chilton / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 23, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 50.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 50 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Clay / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 7, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 59.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 98.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 80 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 80 stonewort Nitella spp. 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 30 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 Australian pine* Casuarina equisetifolia 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 willow Salix spp. 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Crews / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 25, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 129.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 para grass* Urochloa mutica 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 30 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 20 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Denton / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 24, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 13.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 61.6 Average lake depth (m) 7.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 50 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Dinner / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 5, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 44.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 15.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 65.4 Average lake depth (m) 4.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 70 musk-grass Chara spp. 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 60 Australian pine* Casuarina equisetifolia 50 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 30 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 willow Salix spp. 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 cogon grass* Imperata cylindrica 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Eagle Pond / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 24, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 31.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 10.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 willow Salix spp. 20 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 20
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Francis / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 16.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 108.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 30 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 spikerushes Eleocharis spp. 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 Guinea grass* Panicum maximum 10 sago pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus 10 willow Salix spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Glenada / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 31, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 31.6 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 . Lyngbya spp. 80 willow Salix spp. 60 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 10 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10
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Grassy / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 19, 2002 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 46.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 10.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 52.4 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 stonewort Nitella spp. 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 40 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 dwarf papyrus* Cyperus prolifer 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Hill / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 10, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 29.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 70.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 90 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 70 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 50 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 10 willow Salix spp. 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Huntley / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 18, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 44.0 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 green algae Chlorphyta 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 30 willow Salix spp. 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Istokpoga / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 8, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 50.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 37.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 442.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 77 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 77 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 53 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 47 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 47 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 43 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 43 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 37 willow Salix spp. 33 azolla Azolla caroliniana 30 green algae Chlorphyta 23 common duckweed Lemna minor 23 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 23 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 17 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 17 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 17 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 17 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 17 red maple Acer rubrum 13 common reed Phragmites australis 13 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 13 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 13 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 7 African elodea Lagarosiphon spp. 7 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 7 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 7 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 7 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 3 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 3 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 3 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 3
Aquatic plant data collected on June 25, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 98.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 59.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 261.3 Average lake depth (m) 0.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 85 cat-tail Typha spp. 85 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 60 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 45 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 35 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 30 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 15 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 15 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 15 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 15 azolla Azolla caroliniana 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10 willow Salix spp. 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 5 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 5 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 5 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 5 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 5 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 5 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 5 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 5 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 5 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 5 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 5
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Istokpoga / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 8, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 19.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 523.9 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 93 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 83 cat-tail Typha spp. 83 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 63 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 63 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 60 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 57 common salvinia Salvinia minima 53 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 50 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 47 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 47 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 37 torpedograss* Panicum repens 37 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 33 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 33 green algae Chlorphyta 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 30 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 30 common duckweed Lemna minor 27 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 23 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 23 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 23 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 23 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 Manatee mudflower Micranthemum glomeratum 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 17 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 17 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 13 willow Salix spp. 13 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 13 red maple Acer rubrum 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 common reed Phragmites australis 7 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 7
Aquatic plant data collected on May 3, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 723.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 87 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 63 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 57 common salvinia Salvinia minima 57 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 53 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 47 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 47 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 47 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 47 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 47 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 43 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 43 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 33 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 33 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 33 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 27 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 27 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 27 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 27 red maple Acer rubrum 23 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 23 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 17 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 17 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 17 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 17 azolla Azolla caroliniana 13 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 13 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 13 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 13 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 10 green algae Chlorphyta 7 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 7 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 7
Aquatic plant data collected on July 24, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 667.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 95 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 85 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 75 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 65 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 50 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 willow Salix spp. 40 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 35 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 35 Manatee mudflower Micranthemum glomeratum 35 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 35 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 35 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 30 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 25 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 15 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 15 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 15 yellow flatsedge Cyperus flavescens 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 5 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 5 musk-grass Chara spp. 5 low flatsedge* Cyperus pumilus 5 annual spikrush Eleocharis geniculata 5 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 5 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 5
Aquatic plant data collected on July 20, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 17.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 887.7 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 85 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 85 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 85 cat-tail Typha spp. 85 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 75 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 65 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 65 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 55 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 50 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 45 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 45 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 45 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 45 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 40 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 35 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 25 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 25 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 25 willow Salix spp. 25 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 red maple Acer rubrum 15 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 15 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 15 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 15 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 15 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 5 azolla Azolla caroliniana 5
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salt-bush Baccharis spp. 5 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 5 common duckweed Lemna minor 5 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 5 swamp bay Persea palustris 5 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 5 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 5 three-square Scirpus americanus 5 sesbans Sesbania spp. 5
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Jackson / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 6, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 396.9 Average lake depth (m) 4.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 87 cat-tail Typha spp. 87 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 73 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 73 torpedograss* Panicum repens 73 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 67 willow Salix spp. 60 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 53 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 47 musk-grass Chara spp. 47 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 47 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 47 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 33 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 33 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 33 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 33 common duckweed Lemna minor 27 cape blue water-lily* Nymphaea capensis 27 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 27 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 13 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 13 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 13 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 13 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 7 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 7 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 7 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 7 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 7 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 7 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 7 stonewort Nitella spp. 7 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 7 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 7 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 7
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Josephine Center / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 5, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 17.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 6.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 384.9 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 60 common duckweed Lemna minor 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 para grass* Urochloa mutica 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10
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Josephine Center / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 251.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 common duckweed Lemna minor 60 para grass* Urochloa mutica 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 green algae Chlorphyta 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Josephine Center / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 17.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 231.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 para grass* Urochloa mutica 80 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 30 green algae Chlorphyta 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 azolla Azolla caroliniana 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Josephine Center / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 30.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 142.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 common duckweed Lemna minor 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 60 para grass* Urochloa mutica 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 azolla Azolla caroliniana 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 slender naiad* Najas minor 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 bog-mat Wolffiella floridana 10
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Josephine Center / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 21, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 22.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 14.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 454.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 40 common duckweed Lemna minor 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10
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Josephine Center / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 26, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 525.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 8 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 88 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 88 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 88 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 88 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 75 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 75 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 63 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 50 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 azolla Azolla caroliniana 38 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 38 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 38 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 38 torpedograss* Panicum repens 38 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 25 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 25 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 13 primrosewillow Ludwigia spp. 13 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 13 willow Salix spp. 13 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 13 para grass* Urochloa mutica 13
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Josephine Center / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 19.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 524.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 8 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 88 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 88 torpedograss* Panicum repens 88 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 88 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 75 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 75 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 63 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 50 azolla Azolla caroliniana 38 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 38 common duckweed Lemna minor 38 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 38 swamp bay Persea palustris 38 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 38 cat-tail Typha spp. 38 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 25 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 25 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 25 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 13 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 13 water spider orchid Habenaria repens 13 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 13 needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides 13 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 13 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 13 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 13 sesbans Sesbania spp. 13 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 13 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 13 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 13
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Josephine East / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 5, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 29.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 10.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 331.1 Average lake depth (m) 1.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 common duckweed Lemna minor 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 Guinea grass* Panicum maximum 10
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Josephine East / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 142.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common duckweed Lemna minor 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 60 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 para grass* Urochloa mutica 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 . Lyngbya spp. 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Josephine East / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 72.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 willow Salix spp. 30 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Josephine East / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 127.2 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 common duckweed Lemna minor 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Josephine East / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 21, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 16.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 204.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Josephine East / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 26, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 261.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 50 willow Salix spp. 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Josephine East / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 9.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 411.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 8 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 88 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 88 torpedograss* Panicum repens 88 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 88 common duckweed Lemna minor 75 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 75 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 63 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 63 red maple Acer rubrum 50 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 50 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 50 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 50 willow Salix spp. 38 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 38 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 25 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 25 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 25 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 25 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 25 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 13 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 13 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 13 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 13 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 13 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 13 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 13 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 13 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 13 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 13
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Josephine West / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 5, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 223.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 common duckweed Lemna minor 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Josephine West / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 28.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 14.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 215.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 azolla Azolla caroliniana 90 common duckweed Lemna minor 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 sago pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 . Lyngbya spp. 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Josephine West / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 11.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 220.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 para grass* Urochloa mutica 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 willow Salix spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Josephine West / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 14.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 171.2 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 common duckweed Lemna minor 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 para grass* Urochloa mutica 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 azolla Azolla caroliniana 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 carex sedge Carex spp. 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Josephine West / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 22, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 22.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 12.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 280.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10
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Josephine West / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 26, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 342.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 90 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 60 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 azolla Azolla caroliniana 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 40 stonewort Nitella spp. 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 40 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 40 willow Salix spp. 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides 10 small headed beaksedge Rhynchospora microcephala 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Josephine West / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 338.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 8 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 88 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 88 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 88 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 88 common salvinia Salvinia minima 88 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 75 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 75 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 75 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 75 cat-tail Typha spp. 75 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 63 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 red maple Acer rubrum 38 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 38 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 25 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 25 torpedograss* Panicum repens 25 swamp bay Persea palustris 25 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 25 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 25 asters Aster spp. 13 azolla Azolla caroliniana 13 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 13 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 13 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 13 soft rush Juncus effusus 13 needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides 13 common duckweed Lemna minor 13 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 13 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 13 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 13 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 13 willow Salix spp. 13 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 13 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 13
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June / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 16.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 51.8 Average lake depth (m) 4.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 95 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 55 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 45 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 45 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 35 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 35 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 35 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 35 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 red maple Acer rubrum 15 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 15 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 15 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 15 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 willow Salix spp. 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 5 sedge family Cyperaceae 5 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 5 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 5 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 5 common duckweed Lemna minor 5 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 5 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 5 common reed Phragmites australis 5 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 5 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 5 cat-tail Typha spp. 5 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 5 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 5
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June / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 30.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 63.6 Average lake depth (m) 4.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 95 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 musk-grass Chara spp. 55 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 45 stonewort Nitella spp. 45 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 35 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 35 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 15 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 15 para grass* Urochloa mutica 15 green algae Chlorphyta 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 red maple Acer rubrum 5 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 5 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 5 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 5 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 5 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 5 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 5 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 5 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 5 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 5
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June / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 16, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 30.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 94.8 Average lake depth (m) 4.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 95 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 75 stonewort Nitella spp. 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 55 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 45 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 25 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 15 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 azolla Azolla caroliniana 5 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 5 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 5 common duckweed Lemna minor 5 duckweed spp. Lemna spp. 5 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 5 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 5
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June / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on May 30, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.3 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 149.8 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 75 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 55 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 55 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 55 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 45 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 stonewort Nitella spp. 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 35 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 25 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 25 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 15 mock bishop's weed Ptilimnium cappillaceum 15 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 15 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 beggar-ticks Bidens spp. 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 willow Salix spp. 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 5 musk-grass Chara spp. 5 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 5 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 5 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 5 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 5 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 5 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 5 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 5 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 5 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 5 para grass* Urochloa mutica 5
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June / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 7, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 148.1 Average lake depth (m) 4.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 93 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 87 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 53 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 53 stonewort Nitella spp. 53 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 53 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 47 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 33 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 33 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 27 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 27 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 27 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 27 cat-tail Typha spp. 27 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 13 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 13 willow Salix spp. 13 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 13 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 7 musk-grass Chara spp. 7 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 7 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 7 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 7 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 7 common duckweed Lemna minor 7 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 7 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 7 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 7 . Nitella prolonga 7 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 7 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 7 pale meadow-beauty Rhexia mariana 7 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 7 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 7
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June / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 13, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 47.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 152.2 Average lake depth (m) 4.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 53 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 47 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 47 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 . Nitella prolonga 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 33 stonewort Nitella spp. 33 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 33 cat-tail Typha spp. 33 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 27 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 27 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 willow Salix spp. 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 13 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 13 swamp bay Persea palustris 13 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 7 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 7 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 7 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 7 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 7 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 7 . Sabatia spp. 7 common salvinia Salvinia minima 7 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 7 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 7 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 7 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 7 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 7
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Lillian / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 24, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 50.9 Average lake depth (m) 6.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 willow Salix spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Little Jackson / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 6, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 11.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 67.9 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 80 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 40 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 willow Salix spp. 30 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Little Redwater 2 / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 35.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 30 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 rush spp. Juncus oleraceus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Lotela / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 19, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 157.0 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 stonewort Nitella spp. 80 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 50 green algae Chlorphyta 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 10 umbrella-grass Fuirena squarrosa 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10
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McCoy / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 7, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 27.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 50.8 Average lake depth (m) 8.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10
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Mirror / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 7, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 22.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 81.6 Average lake depth (m) 6.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 90 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Olivia / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 23, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 60.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 evening primrose family Onagraceae 20 sago pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 willow Salix spp. 10 exotic bur-reed Sparganium erectum 10
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Persimmon / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 10, 1994 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 27.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 square-stem spikerush Eleocharis quadrangulata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10
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Persimmon / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 27.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 cogon grass* Imperata cylindrica 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 nut-rush Scleria spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Pioneer / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 19, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 25.0 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 musk-grass Chara spp. 80 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 green algae Chlorphyta 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20
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Placid / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 11, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 211.7 Average lake depth (m) 6.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 93 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 73 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 73 cat-tail Typha spp. 63 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 57 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 47 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 47 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 33 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 33 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 17 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 17 willow Salix spp. 17 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 17 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 13 common salvinia Salvinia minima 13 Guinea grass* Panicum maximum 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 7 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 7 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 7 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 7 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 7 para grass* Urochloa mutica 7 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 3 spikerushes Eleocharis spp. 3 leathery rush Juncus coriaceous 3 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 3 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 3 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 3 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 3 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 3
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Red Beach / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 10, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 3.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 92.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 Guinea grass* Panicum maximum 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Redwater / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 9, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 39.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10
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Sebring / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 24, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 6.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 102.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 40 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 40 willow Salix spp. 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 stonewort Nitella spp. 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Trout / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on July 23, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 14.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 19.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 75.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 100 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Verona / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on August 19, 2002 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 8.8 Average lake depth (m) 11.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 60 para grass* Urochloa mutica 60 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 40 tropical flatsedge Cyperus surinamensis 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20
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Viola / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 27, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.9 Average lake depth (m) 6.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) stonewort Nitella spp. 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 green algae Chlorphyta 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10
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Wolf / Highlands
Aquatic plant data collected on June 27, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 22.6 Average lake depth (m) 1.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 70 para grass* Urochloa mutica 70 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10
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Alice / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 18, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 92.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 25.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 32.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 40 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Armistead / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 30, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 19.7 Average lake depth (m) 3.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 70 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 30 willow Salix spp. 30 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 10
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Bay / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 11, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 32.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) musk-grass Chara spp. 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 water spider orchid Habenaria repens 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10
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Brant / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 12, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 66.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 23.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 16.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 soft rush Juncus effusus 30 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 willow Salix spp. 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10
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Brant / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 25, 1994 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 23.1 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 willow Salix spp. 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Brant / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 23, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 16.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 11.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 14.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Brant / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 12, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 3.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 44.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 pond cypress Taxodium ascendens 60 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 switchgrass Panicum virgatum 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10
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Carlton / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 8, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 102.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 80 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 80 willow Salix spp. 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 azolla Azolla caroliniana 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 swamp bay Persea palustris 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta 10
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Carroll / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 65.3 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 32.7 Average lake depth (m) 3.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 90 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 90 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 willow Salix spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Charles / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 13, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 85.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 32.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 41.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) stonewort Nitella spp. 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 100 musk-grass Chara spp. 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 60 spikerushes Eleocharis spp. 40 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 red maple Acer rubrum 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 20 shore rush Juncus marginatus 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20
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Church / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 26, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 74.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 37.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10
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Church / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 4, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 33.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 stonewort Nitella spp. 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Colebrook / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 15, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 55.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 30 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 30 carex sedge Carex spp. 20 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 20 azolla Azolla caroliniana 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 Paspalum spp. Paspalum spp. 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 10
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Crenshaw / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 13, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 18.6 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 musk-grass Chara spp. 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Crenshaw / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 25, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 33.0 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) stonewort Nitella spp. 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 green algae Chlorphyta 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 willow Salix spp. 30 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Crescent / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 13, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 34.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 20.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 30 needlepod rush Juncus scirpoides 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Dan / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 2, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 3.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 39.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 90 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 musk-grass Chara spp. 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 60 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 60 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 60 carex sedge Carex spp. 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 soft rush Juncus effusus 50 willow Salix spp. 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 20 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 20 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 jointed flatsedge Cyperus articulatus 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 beaksedge Rhynchospora spp. 10
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Dead Lady / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 28, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 20.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 5.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water spider orchid Habenaria repens 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10
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Eckles / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 8, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 34.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 58.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 30 willow Salix spp. 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 Australian pine* Casuarina equisetifolia 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Egypt / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 29, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 1.5 Average lake depth (m) 5.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) tapegrass Vallisneria americana 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 30 stonewort Nitella spp. 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10
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Flynn / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on November 4, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 68.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 21.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 49.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 70 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 bulrush spp. Juncus spp. 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 Nuttall's meadowbeauty Rhexia nuttallii 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10
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Garden / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 22, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 23.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 musk-grass Chara spp. 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 60 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 red maple Acer rubrum 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 40 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 40 willow Salix spp. 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 canna Canna spp. 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 20 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 Nuttall's meadowbeauty Rhexia nuttallii 20
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Halfmoon / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 28, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 60.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 7.4 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 musk-grass Chara spp. 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 yellow nut-grass* Cyperus esculentus 10 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Halfmoon / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 7, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 99.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 39.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 28.2 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 50 carex sedge Carex spp. 30 musk-grass Chara spp. 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 10
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Hiawatha / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 16, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 12.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 musk-grass Chara spp. 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Jackson / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 15, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 47.6 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 stonewort Nitella spp. 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 40 red maple Acer rubrum 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 willow Salix spp. 20
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Keene / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 13, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 16.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 green algae Chlorphyta 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 50 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Keene / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 22.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 9 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 common duckweed Lemna minor 89 torpedograss* Panicum repens 89 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 78 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 78 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 56 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 33 red maple Acer rubrum 22 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 22 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 22 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 22 cat-tail Typha spp. 22 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 22 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 11 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 11 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 11 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 11 willow Salix spp. 11
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Keystone / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 18, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 28.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 17.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 95 torpedograss* Panicum repens 75 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 65 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 45 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 45 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 25 common salvinia Salvinia minima 25 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 20 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 15 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 15 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 5 musk-grass Chara spp. 5 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 5 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 5 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 5 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 5 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 5 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 5
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Keystone / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 25, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 47.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 50 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 Australian pine* Casuarina equisetifolia 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10
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Little Halfmoon / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 17, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 70.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 13.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 17.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Little Wilson / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 20, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 100.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 48.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 5.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 green algae Chlorphyta 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 giant duckweed Spirodela polyrhiza 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10
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Lutz / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 29, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 84.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 13.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 62.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 60 carex sedge Carex spp. 60 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 60 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 60 shore rush Juncus marginatus 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 40 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 willow Salix spp. 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20
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Magdalene / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 26, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 46.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 12.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 98.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 90 musk-grass Chara spp. 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 stonewort Nitella spp. 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 40 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Magdalene / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 11, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 44.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 68.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 willow Salix spp. 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Magdalene / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 11, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 82.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 36.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Aquatic plant data collected on June 12, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 1.7 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 soft rush Juncus effusus 30 willow Salix spp. 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 bulrush spp. Juncus spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Mango / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 21, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 38.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 soft rush Juncus effusus 40 knot grass Paspalum distichum 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 30 willow Salix spp. 30 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 coinwort Centella asiatica 20 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 . Cyperus elegans 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
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Maurine / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 26, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 44.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 44.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Maurine / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 4, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 50.8 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 willow Salix spp. 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10
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Medard Reservoir / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 30, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 19.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 willow Salix spp. 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 30 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 water oak Quercus nigra 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 10 fire flag Thalia geniculata 10
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Mound / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on May 13, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 52.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 21.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 100 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Noreast / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 14, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 20.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 30.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 30 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 willow Salix spp. 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 knot grass Paspalum distichum 10 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 10
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Osceola / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 16, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 66.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 19.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 66.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 30 musk-grass Chara spp. 30 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 30 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 willow Salix spp. 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Osceola / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 25, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 10.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 103.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 60 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 50 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Reinheimer / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 25, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 50.2 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Round / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 23, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 57.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 14.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 16.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 70.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 red maple Acer rubrum 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 80 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 60 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 southern swamp lily Crinum americanum 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 . Nitella prolonga 20 fire flag Thalia geniculata 20
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Saddleback / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 2, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 33.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 35.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) red maple Acer rubrum 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 40 willow Salix spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 20 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 spider-lily Hymenocallis spp. 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Saddleback North / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 13, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 48.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 32.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 green algae Chlorphyta 20 willow Salix spp. 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Saddleback South / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 13, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 20.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 25.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Simmons / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 14, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 90.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 16.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 3.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 green algae Chlorphyta 90 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 sago pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus 30 strap-leaf sag Sagittaria kurziana 30 spikerushes Eleocharis spp. 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 cape blue water-lily* Nymphaea capensis 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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South / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 14, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) musk-grass Chara spp. 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 60 green algae Chlorphyta 50 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 30 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 20 spikerushes Eleocharis spp. 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20
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Strawberry / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 12.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 42.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 80 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 30 willow Salix spp. 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Strawberry / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 1, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 35.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 58.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 30 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 willow Salix spp. 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10
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Sunset / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 22, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 73.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 15.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 37.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 90 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 red maple Acer rubrum 70 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 50 musk-grass Chara spp. 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 . Nitella prolonga 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Taylor / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on September 24, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 31.6 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 30 . Lyngbya spp. 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 20 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 swamp fern Blechnum serrulatum 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 . Euglena spp. 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 swamp bay Persea palustris 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10
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Twin / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 16, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 44.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 10.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 22.3 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) tapegrass Vallisneria americana 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 willow Salix spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 canna Canna spp. 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Weeks / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 12, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 1.6 Average lake depth (m) 0.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 30 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 willow Salix spp. 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 umbrella-grass Fuirena squarrosa 10 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Weeks / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on July 21, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 12.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 121.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 cat-tail Typha spp. 100 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 willow Salix spp. 50 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 common duckweed Lemna minor 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 waterpod Hydroleas quadrivalis 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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White Trout / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 16, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 64.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 18.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 42.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 willow Salix spp. 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 40 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 water-lily Nymphaea spp. 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Wilson / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 20, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) tapegrass Vallisneria americana 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 50 stonewort Nitella spp. 50 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 willow Salix spp. 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10
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Wilson / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on June 23, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 62.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 willow Salix spp. 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Wilson / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on October 2, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 45.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) green algae Chlorphyta 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 red maple Acer rubrum 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 10 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 10 dwarf umbrella sedge Fuirena pumila 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Wilson / Hillsborough
Aquatic plant data collected on August 12, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 41.7 Average lake depth (m) 3.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 lilac tasselflower* Emilia sonchifolia 30 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 yellow nut-grass* Cyperus esculentus 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 tropical flatsedge Cyperus surinamensis 20 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 willow Salix spp. 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 10 slender fimbry Fimbristylis autumnalis 10 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 10 American lipocarpha Lipocarpha maculata 10 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 sesbans Sesbania spp. 10 giant foxtail Setaria magna 10
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Cassidy / Holmes
Aquatic plant data collected on July 25, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 25.0 Average lake depth (m) 6.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 pond cypress Taxodium ascendens 100 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 80 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 30 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10
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Blue Cypress / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on October 2, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 154.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 95 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 75 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 red maple Acer rubrum 65 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 65 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 55 pond apple Annona glabra 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 fire flag Thalia geniculata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 35 cat-tail Typha spp. 35 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 common duckweed Lemna minor 30 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 25 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 willow Salix spp. 15 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 15 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 southern swamp lily Crinum americanum 5 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 5 torpedograss* Panicum repens 5 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 5 swamp bay Persea palustris 5 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 5 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 5 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 5
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Farm 13 / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on July 10, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 12.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 29.9 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 100 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 95 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 75 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 55 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 55 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 45 cat-tail Typha spp. 45 willow Salix spp. 35 silkreed* Negraudia regnaudiana 30 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 green algae Chlorphyta 15 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 15 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 5 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 5 common salvinia Salvinia minima 5
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Farm 13 / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on July 1, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 40.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 22.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 81.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 green algae Chlorphyta 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 common duckweed Lemna minor 30 common reed Phragmites australis 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 willow Salix spp. 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10
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Farm 13 / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on July 13, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 233.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 40 willow Salix spp. 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 common reed Phragmites australis 30 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 beggar-ticks Bidens spp. 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10
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Farm 13 / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 22.1 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 8 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 100 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 88 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 63 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 63 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 63 common reed Phragmites australis 63 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 38 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 25 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 25 torpedograss* Panicum repens 25 willow Salix spp. 25 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 13 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 13 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 13
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Farm 13 / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 3.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) para grass* Urochloa mutica 100 common reed Phragmites australis 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 willow Salix spp. 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 10 cabbage palm Sabal palmetto 10 sesbans Sesbania spp. 10
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Stick Marsh / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on July 1, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 14.2 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 common reed Phragmites australis 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 50 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 20 green algae Chlorphyta 20 willow Salix spp. 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10
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Stick Marsh / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on July 13, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 14.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 11.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) para grass* Urochloa mutica 90 common reed Phragmites australis 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 30 beggar-ticks Bidens spp. 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 willow Salix spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10
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Stick Marsh / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 28.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 100 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 100 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 80 common reed Phragmites australis 80 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 80 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 40 willow Salix spp. 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 green flatsedge Cyperus virens 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10
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Stick Marsh / Indian River
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 20.1 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common reed Phragmites australis 100 willow Salix spp. 80 para grass* Urochloa mutica 80 cabbage palm Sabal palmetto 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 30 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 10 asters Aster spp. 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 sesbans Sesbania spp. 10
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Wooten / Jefferson
Aquatic plant data collected on September 10, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 21.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 willow Salix spp. 20 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 10
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Wooten / Jefferson
Aquatic plant data collected on June 30, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 76.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 45.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 32.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-shield Brasenia schreberi 100 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Townsend / Lafayette
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 48.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 33.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 252.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 90 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 60 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 30 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 20 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Townsend / Lafayette
Aquatic plant data collected on June 1, 1994 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 62.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 40.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 142.4 Average lake depth (m) 0.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-shield Brasenia schreberi 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 90 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 70 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 70 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 40 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Bay / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 60.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 red bay Persea borbonia 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 30 soft rush Juncus effusus 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 20 azolla Azolla caroliniana 10 burr-marigold Bidens laevins 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Bear / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 4, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 106.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 100 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 . Utricularia biflora 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10
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Bear 2 / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 23, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 2.2 Average lake depth (m) 0.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 80 coinwort Centella asiatica 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 meadowbeauty Rhexia spp. 60 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 jointtail grass Manisuris spp. 20 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 20
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Beauclaire / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 52.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 60 willow Salix spp. 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Beauclaire / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 27, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 10.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 41.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 70 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 60 red maple Acer rubrum 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 willow Salix spp. 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 30 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 seashore marsh-mallow Kosteletzkya virginica 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Beauclaire / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 24, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 17.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 114.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 90 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 90 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 80 red maple Acer rubrum 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 willow Salix spp. 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 50 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 40 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 big floating bladderwort Utricularia inflata 10
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Blue / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 10, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 13.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 28.3 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 100 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 bog button Lachnocaulon spp. 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Cherry / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 21, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 164.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 30 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 willow Salix spp. 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Cherry / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 2, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 162.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 willow Salix spp. 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 Brazilian elodea* Egeria densa 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 spider-lily Hymenocallis spp. 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 slender naiad* Najas minor 10 red bay Persea borbonia 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Cherry / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 19, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 573.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 10 willow Salix spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 10
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Cherry / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 15, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 461.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 40 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 10 willow Salix spp. 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Cherry / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 3, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 152.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 annual spikrush Eleocharis geniculata 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 30 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Cherry / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 507.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 willow Salix spp. 30 sesbans Sesbania spp. 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 clustered beaksedge Rhynchospora cephalantha 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Clear / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 10, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 40.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 293.5 Average lake depth (m) 5.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 90 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 green algae Chlorphyta 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 American holly Ilex opaca 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 30 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 20 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 20 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 20 red bay Persea borbonia 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 creeping rush Juncus repens 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10
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Cooley / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 15, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 79.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 69.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) musk-grass Chara spp. 100 stonewort Nitella spp. 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 90 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 70 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 60 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 bastard false indigo Amorpha fruticosa 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 40 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 shore rush Juncus marginatus 30 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 . Sabatia spp. 30 willow Salix spp. 30 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 meadowbeauty Rhexia spp. 10 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Crescent / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 24, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 80.2 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 stonewort Nitella spp. 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 30 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 willow Salix spp. 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 . Lyngbya spp. 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10
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Crooked / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 25.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 shore rush Juncus marginatus 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10
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Crooked / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 4, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 12.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 45.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 90 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 40 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Crown / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 21, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 34.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 100 swamp hornpod Mitreola sessilifolia 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 100 giant foxtail Setaria magna 100 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 80 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 stonewort Nitella spp. 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 40 willow Salix spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 green algae Chlorphyta 20 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 salt marsh fringe rush Fimbristylis castanea 20 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 longbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora scirpoides 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20
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Crystal / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 3, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 16.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 willow Salix spp. 40 sesbans Sesbania spp. 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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David / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 17, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 20.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 23.8 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 willow Salix spp. 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Denham / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 1, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 66.7 Average lake depth (m) 0.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) red maple Acer rubrum 100 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 willow Salix spp. 90 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 80 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 seashore marsh-mallow Kosteletzkya virginica 40 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 yellow water-lily Nymphaea mexicana 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 10 beaksedge Rhynchospora spp. 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Dora / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 1, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 81.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 cat-tail Typha spp. 80 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 willow Salix spp. 60 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 cabbage palm Sabal palmetto 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 10 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10 three-square Scirpus americanus 10 sesbans Sesbania spp. 10
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Dora East / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 25.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 39.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 90 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Dora East / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 7, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 36.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 100 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 70 willow Salix spp. 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 50 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 knotweed Polygonum spp. 30 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 spider-lily Hymenocallis spp. 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Dora East / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 11, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 53.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 90 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 70 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 50 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 sesbans Sesbania spp. 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 willow Salix spp. 30 giant foxtail Setaria magna 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 chinaberry* Melia azedarach 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 three-square Scirpus americanus 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10
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Dora West / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 23.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 50.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 55 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 55 cat-tail Typha spp. 55 willow Salix spp. 45 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 35 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 35 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 25 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 15 torpedograss* Panicum repens 15 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 5 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 5 musk-grass Chara spp. 5 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 5 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 5 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 5
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Dora West / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 7, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 30.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 85 cat-tail Typha spp. 75 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 55 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 willow Salix spp. 50 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 red maple Acer rubrum 45 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 45 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 25 torpedograss* Panicum repens 25 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 25 three-square Scirpus americanus 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 15 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 15 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 15 common reed Phragmites australis 10 knotweed Polygonum spp. 10 canna Canna spp. 5 morning-glory family Convolvulaceae 5 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 5 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 5 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 5 black rush Juncus roemerianus 5 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 5 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 5
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Dora West / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 11, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 58.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) tapegrass Vallisneria americana 90 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 sesbans Sesbania spp. 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 napier grass* Pennisetum purpureum 20 willow Salix spp. 20 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 20 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 10 dwarf umbrella sedge Fuirena pumila 10 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 three-square Scirpus americanus 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 giant foxtail Setaria magna 10
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Dorr / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 9, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 46.4 Average lake depth (m) 4.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 30 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Dorr / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 4, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 45.3 Average lake depth (m) 4.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Dorr / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 26, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 72.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 swamp bay Persea palustris 20 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 green algae Chlorphyta 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 10 water oak Quercus nigra 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 10
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Dorr / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 12, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 80.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 50 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 50 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 30 azolla Azolla caroliniana 20 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 20 willow Salix spp. 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 green flatsedge Cyperus virens 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 swamp bay Persea palustris 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Dorr / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 18, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 89.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 50 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 40 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 20 willow Salix spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Dorr / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 29, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 110.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 50 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 40 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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East Crooked / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 3, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 26.7 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 stonewort Nitella spp. 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 . Nitella prolonga 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10
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Ella / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 2, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 3.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 37.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 50 musk-grass Chara spp. 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 primrosewillow Ludwigia spp. 10 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 10 napier grass* Pennisetum purpureum 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Ella 2 / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 22, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 78.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 willow Salix spp. 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 musk-grass Chara spp. 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 red maple Acer rubrum 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 30 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 30 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Emma / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 21, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 28.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 118.5 Average lake depth (m) 4.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 80 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 musk-grass Chara spp. 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 willow Salix spp. 10 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 10
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Emma / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 2, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 53.5 Average lake depth (m) 4.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 80 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 30 willow Salix spp. 30 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 20 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Erie / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 2, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 33.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 common salvinia Salvinia minima 80 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 80 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 70 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Eustis / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 11, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 74.4 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 21 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 95 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 76 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 76 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 71 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 71 cat-tail Typha spp. 67 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 52 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 52 red maple Acer rubrum 48 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 48 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 48 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 43 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 43 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 43 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 38 torpedograss* Panicum repens 33 common salvinia Salvinia minima 33 musk-grass Chara spp. 29 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 29 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 24 willow Salix spp. 24 sesbans Sesbania spp. 24 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 19 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 19 giant foxtail Setaria magna 19 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 14 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 14 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 14 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 14 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 soft stem bulrush Scirpus validus 10 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 5 yellow nut-grass* Cyperus esculentus 5 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 5 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 5 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 5 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 5 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 5 common reed Phragmites australis 5 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 5 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 5
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elderberry Sambucus canadensis 5
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Fish / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 158.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 90 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 . Sabatia spp. 70 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 70 coinwort Centella asiatica 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 50 meadowbeauty Rhexia spp. 50 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 40 annual spikrush Eleocharis geniculata 30 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 30 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 20 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 20 willow Salix spp. 20 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Florence / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 2, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 9.8 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 63.0 Average lake depth (m) 6.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 cat-tail Typha spp. 70 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 30 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Gertrude / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 2, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 34.4 Average lake depth (m) 5.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) musk-grass Chara spp. 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 80 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 70 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Gracie / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 16, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 32.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 106.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 90 musk-grass Chara spp. 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 60 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 50 willow Salix spp. 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 shore rush Juncus marginatus 20 knotweed Polygonum spp. 20 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 primrosewillow Ludwigia spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 84.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 48.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 90 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 90 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 3, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 52.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 17.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 53.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 40 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 40 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 red bay Persea borbonia 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 17, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 84.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 14.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 51.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 swamp bay Persea palustris 70 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 27, 2002 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 62.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 138.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 10 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 119.7 Average lake depth (m) 4.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 Iris Iris spp. 40 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 30 green algae Chlorphyta 20 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 30, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 56.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 12.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 298.5 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 60 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 60 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 40 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 20 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 seashore marsh-mallow Kosteletzkya virginica 10 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 10 beaksedge Rhynchospora spp. 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 18, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 171.9 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 40 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 20 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 2011 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 51.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 127.2 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 93 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 73 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 73 torpedograss* Panicum repens 67 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 60 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 33 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 33 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 33 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 33 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 33 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 33 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 27 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 20 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 20 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 13 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 13 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 13 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 13 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 7 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 7 horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta 7
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Grasshopper / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 16, 2012 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 40.9 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 19.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 130.8 Average lake depth (m) 2.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 87 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 73 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 73 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 67 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 swamp bay Persea palustris 53 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 53 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 47 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 47 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 33 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 33 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 27 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 27 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 13 torpedograss* Panicum repens 13 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 13 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 13 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 7 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 7 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 7 shortbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora nitens 7 . Sabatia spp. 7 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 7 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 7
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Griffin / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on October 10, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 84.6 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 18 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 83 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 67 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 67 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 67 water-lily Nymphaea spp. 61 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 61 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 44 willow Salix spp. 44 cat-tail Typha spp. 44 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 39 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 33 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 33 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 33 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 28 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 28 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 22 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 17 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 11 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 11 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 11 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 11 torpedograss* Panicum repens 11 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 11 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 11 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 11 red maple Acer rubrum 6 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 6 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 6 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 6 water paspalum Paspalum repens 6 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 6 three-square Scirpus americanus 6 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 6
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Griffin / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 8, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 134.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 20 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 85 willow Salix spp. 85 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 55 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 50 red maple Acer rubrum 35 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 35 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 35 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 35 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 30 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 30 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 sesbans Sesbania spp. 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 15 musk-grass Chara spp. 15 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 15 yellow water-lily Nymphaea mexicana 15 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 15 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 caric sedge Carex albolutescens 5 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 5 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 5 Virginia buttonweed Diodia virginiana 5 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 5 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 5 torpedograss* Panicum repens 5 common salvinia Salvinia minima 5 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 5 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 5 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 5
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Griffin / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 25, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 5.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 136.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 87 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 73 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 73 cat-tail Typha spp. 67 red maple Acer rubrum 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 willow Salix spp. 60 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 53 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 47 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 yellow water-lily Nymphaea mexicana 40 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 33 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 33 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 33 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 33 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 33 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 27 musk-grass Chara spp. 27 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 27 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 27 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 27 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 20 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 13 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 13 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 13 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 13 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 13 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 7 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 7 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 7 papyrus* Cyperus papyrus 7 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 7 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 7 seashore marsh-mallow Kosteletzkya virginica 7 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 7 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 7
Aquatic plant data collected on July 1, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 38.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 84.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 93 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 67 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 63 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 43 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 33 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 33 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 23 giant reed* Arundo donax 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 17 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 17 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 17 sword grass Scirpus pungens 17 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 13 willow Salix spp. 13 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 7 common salvinia Salvinia minima 7 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 3 musk-grass Chara spp. 3 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 3 spider-lily Hymenocallis spp. 3 common duckweed Lemna minor 3 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 3 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 3 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 3
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Harris / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 22, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 49.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 97 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 87 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 67 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 63 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 63 cat-tail Typha spp. 43 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 33 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 27 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 red maple Acer rubrum 13 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 13 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 13 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 three-square Scirpus americanus 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 7 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 7 green algae Chlorphyta 7 torpedograss* Panicum repens 7 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 7 willow Salix spp. 7 bur marigold Bidens mitis 3 morning-glory family Convolvulaceae 3 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 3 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 3 common duckweed Lemna minor 3 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 3 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 3 sword grass Scirpus pungens 3
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Harris / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on October 25, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 120.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 93 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 73 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 73 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 53 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 33 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 27 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 27 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 27 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 27 common salvinia Salvinia minima 27 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 7 canna Canna spp. 7 musk-grass Chara spp. 7 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 7 common duckweed Lemna minor 7 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 7 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 7 willow Salix spp. 7
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Harris / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 24, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 97.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 93 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 87 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 73 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 53 cat-tail Typha spp. 53 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 47 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 47 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 47 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 33 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 33 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 common reed Phragmites australis 20 red maple Acer rubrum 13 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 13 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 13 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 13 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 13 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 13 willow Salix spp. 13 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 7 coinwort Centella asiatica 7 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 7 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 7 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 7 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 7 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 7 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 7 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 7 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 7 torpedograss* Panicum repens 7 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 7 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 7 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 7 common salvinia Salvinia minima 7 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 7
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Harris / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 11, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 129.8 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 93 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 93 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 73 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 53 red maple Acer rubrum 40 willow Salix spp. 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 33 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 33 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 33 common reed Phragmites australis 27 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 13 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 13 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 13 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 13 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 13 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 13 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 13 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 13 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 7 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 7 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 7 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 7 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 7 Carolina ash Fraxinus caroliniana 7 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 7 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 7 cabbage palm Sabal palmetto 7 common salvinia Salvinia minima 7 three-square Scirpus americanus 7 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 7
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Hermosa / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 2, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 10.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 20 willow Salix spp. 20
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Holly / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 22, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 1.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 34.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 90 willow Salix spp. 90 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 60 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 30 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 tropical flatsedge Cyperus surinamensis 10 Walter's-millet Echinochloa walteri 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Idlewild / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 16, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 18.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 15.2 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spider-grass Websteria confervoides 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10
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Jem / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 11, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 8.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 25.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 90 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 20 shore rush Juncus marginatus 20 stonewort Nitella spp. 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 20 canna Canna spp. 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 10 common reed Phragmites australis 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Joanna / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 63.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 50 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 50 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Joanna / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 2, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 53.5 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) umbrella-grass Fuirena squarrosa 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 60 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 50 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 30 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 stonewort Nitella spp. 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 30 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 . Nitella prolonga 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 10 willow Salix spp. 10 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Kirkland / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 11, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 48.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 80 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 70 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Lady / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 18, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 8.7 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 100 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 70 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 bog button Lachnocaulon spp. 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10
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Little Harris / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 16, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 36.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 77.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 87 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 87 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 87 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 67 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 53 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 47 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 47 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 33 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 33 willow Salix spp. 33 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 27 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 13 sedge family Cyperaceae 7 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 7 torpedograss* Panicum repens 7 common reed Phragmites australis 7
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Little Holly / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 22, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 38.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 willow Salix spp. 100 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 red maple Acer rubrum 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 bladderwort species Utricularia spp. 20
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Little Sawmill / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 22, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 27.8 Average lake depth (m) 5.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 20 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20
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Loch Leven / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 17, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 56.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 American holly Ilex opaca 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 green algae Chlorphyta 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 Nuttall's meadowbeauty Rhexia nuttallii 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Lorraine / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 11, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 100.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 100.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 220.0 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 80 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 80 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 50 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 willow Salix spp. 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10
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Louisa / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 10, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 60.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 bog button Lachnocaulon spp. 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Louisa / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 23, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 11.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 143.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 100 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 common duckweed Lemna minor 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 40 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 20 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 20 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Lucy / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 24, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 26.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 131.2 Average lake depth (m) 4.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 40 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 knot grass Paspalum distichum 20 willow Salix spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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May / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 29, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 34.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 154.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 willow Salix spp. 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 carex sedge Carex spp. 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 20 green algae Chlorphyta 20 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 20 American holly Ilex opaca 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 swamp bay Persea palustris 20 Nuttall's meadowbeauty Rhexia nuttallii 20 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 20 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20
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Minnehaha / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 10, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 55.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 willow Salix spp. 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Minnehaha / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 23, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 12.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 110.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 10
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Minneola / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 10, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 63.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Minneola / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 24, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 11.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 113.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 willow Salix spp. 70 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 40 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 40 Brazilian pepper* Schinus terebinthifolius 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 duckweed spp. Lemna spp. 10 knot grass Paspalum distichum 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 giant cutgrass Zizaniopsis miliacea 10
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Minneola / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on October 5, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 148.8 Average lake depth (m) 4.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 70 common salvinia Salvinia minima 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 30 willow Salix spp. 30 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 20 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 20 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 American lipocarpha Lipocarpha maculata 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Minneola / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 26, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 46.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 90 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 60 sesbans Sesbania spp. 60 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 30 grasslike fimbry* Fimbristylis littoralis 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 willow Salix spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 tropical flatsedge Cyperus surinamensis 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 roundhead rush Juncus validus 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10 red bay Persea borbonia 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Minneola / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 22, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 71.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 sesbans Sesbania spp. 80 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 70 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 70 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 60 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 40 manyspike flatsedge Cyperus polystachyos 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 30 tropical flatsedge Cyperus surinamensis 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 willow Salix spp. 30 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 30 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 20 shore rush Juncus marginatus 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Mirror / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 10, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 58.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 15.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 65.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 90 green algae Chlorphyta 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 40 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 shrubby primrosewillow Ludwigia suffruicosa 30 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 20 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 spikerushes Eleocharis spp. 10 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Peanut Pond / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 12, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 21.3 Average lake depth (m) 5.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 60 willow Salix spp. 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 Nuttall's meadowbeauty Rhexia nuttallii 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10
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Picciola / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 10, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 34.9 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 100 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 70 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 40 willow Salix spp. 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 20 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10
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Royal / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 21, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 3.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 37.2 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern water-hemp Amaranthus australis 100 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 100 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 40 stonewort Nitella spp. 40 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 40 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 longbeak beaksedge Rhynchospora scirpoides 20 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20
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Sawmill / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 22, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 46.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 156.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 90 cat-tail Typha spp. 90 musk-grass Chara spp. 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 60 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 60 stonewort Nitella spp. 60 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 willow Salix spp. 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10
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Scrub Jay Pond / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 15, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 25.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 37.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) green algae Chlorphyta 100 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 80 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 meadowbeauty Rhexia spp. 20
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 9, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 20.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 56.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 70 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 60 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 40 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 30 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 3, 1998 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 34.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 49.5 Average lake depth (m) 4.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 50 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 17, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 66.7 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 45.2 Average lake depth (m) 4.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 60 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 50 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 green algae Chlorphyta 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 27, 2002 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 78.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 5.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 52.2 Average lake depth (m) 5.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 80 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 80 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 green algae Chlorphyta 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 red bay Persea borbonia 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 29, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 40.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 236.1 Average lake depth (m) 6.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 90 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 80 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 80 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 70 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 50 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 50 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 50 green algae Chlorphyta 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 red maple Acer rubrum 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 30, 2007 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 48.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 185.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 70 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 50 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 40 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 30 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 30 clustered beaksedge Rhynchospora cephalantha 30 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 20 yellow nut-grass* Cyperus esculentus 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 10 pale meadow-beauty Rhexia mariana 10 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 19, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 39.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 732.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 80 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 80 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 60 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 50 shrubby primrosewillow Ludwigia suffruicosa 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 red maple Acer rubrum 30 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 30 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 30 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 20 asters Aster spp. 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 marsh fleabane Pluchea spp. 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 10, 2011 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 75.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 9.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 79.2 Average lake depth (m) 3.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 60 flattened pipewort Eriocaulon compressum 50 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 50 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 50 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 40 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 40 shrubby primrosewillow Ludwigia suffruticosa 30 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10
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Sellers / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 14, 2012 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.1 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 57.9 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 60 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Silver / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 2, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 56.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 13.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 202.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 cat-tail Typha spp. 50 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 50 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 white-top sedge Dichromena colorata 30 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 30 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 giant bulrush Scirpus californicus 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Silver / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 3, 2005 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 300.0 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) cat-tail Typha spp. 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 80 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 willow Salix spp. 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 30 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 club-rush Eleocharis cellulosa 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10
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Susan / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 10, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 9.1 Average lake depth (m) 3.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 80 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 para grass* Urochloa mutica 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 spider-lily Hymenocallis spp. 10 forked rush Juncus dichotomus 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 willow Salix spp. 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Susan / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on November 19, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 52.0 Average lake depth (m) 3.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common duckweed Lemna minor 100 American cupscale Sacciolepis striata 100 common salvinia Salvinia minima 100 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 90 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 10 Mallows Hibiscus spp. 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 willow Salix spp. 10 . Utricularia biflora 10
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Swatara / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 8, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 56.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 48.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 70 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 50 common salvinia Salvinia minima 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 azolla Azolla caroliniana 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Tavares / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 3, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 15.6 Average lake depth (m) 3.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water primrose Ludwigia spp. 100 torpedograss* Panicum repens 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 musk-grass Chara spp. 70 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 50 willow Salix spp. 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 20 coinwort Centella asiatica 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 climbing hempweed Mikania scandens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 . Cyperus elegans 10 leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
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Trout / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 12, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 17.7 Average lake depth (m) 2.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 red maple Acer rubrum 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 willow Salix spp. 60 parrot's-feather* Myriophyllum aquaticum 50 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 50 common duckweed Lemna minor 40 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 pond cypress Taxodium ascendens 40 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 common salvinia Salvinia minima 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 water hemlock Cicuta mexicana 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 water spinach* Ipomoea aquatica 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 burhead sedge* Scirpus cubensis 10 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 10
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Unity / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 7, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 32.9 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 torpedograss* Panicum repens 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20 willow Salix spp. 20
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Unity / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 2, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 35.0 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 20 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 20 swamp bay Persea palustris 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 9, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 31.5 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 50 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 11, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.1 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 41.7 Average lake depth (m) 4.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 50 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 50 water tupelo Nyssa aquatica 50 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 50 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 30 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 willow Salix spp. 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 17, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 11.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 30.8 Average lake depth (m) 4.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) spatterdock Nuphar luteum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 50 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 20 pink sundew Drosera capillaris 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10 respuinata bladderwort Utricularia resupinata 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on May 26, 2004 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.4
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 43.0 Average lake depth (m) 4.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 90 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 80 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 40 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 30 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 30 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 20 willow Salix spp. 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 stonewort Nitella spp. 10 swamp bay Persea palustris 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 10 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 10 cypress spp. Taxodium spp. 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 12, 2006 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 43.4 Average lake depth (m) 4.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 70 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 60 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 50 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 30 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 sago pondweed Potamogeton pectinatus 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 17, 2008 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 71.1 Average lake depth (m) 4.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 80 loblolly bay Gordonia lasianthus 60 dahoon holly Ilex cassine 50 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 10 horned bladderwort Utricularia cornuta 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 21, 2010 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 4.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.5
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 44.7 Average lake depth (m) 3.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 50 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 shrubby primrosewillow Ludwigia suffruticosa 40 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 40 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 40 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 20 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 coinwort Centella asiatica 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 arrow-arum Peltandra virginica 10 beaksedge Rhynchospora spp. 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on August 17, 2011 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 5.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 9.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 47.4 Average lake depth (m) 4.0 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 80 swamp tupelo Nyssa sylvatica 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 sweetbay Magnolia virginiana 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 stonewort Nitella spp. 40 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 30 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 spider-grass Websteria confervoides 10
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Wildcat / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 28, 2012 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 2.6 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 41.4 Average lake depth (m) 3.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 90 swamp bay Persea palustris 90 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 torpedograss* Panicum repens 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 40 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Winona / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on September 22, 2003 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 53.9 Average lake depth (m) 4.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 water-lettuce* Pistia stratiotes 90 common salvinia Salvinia minima 90 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 80 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 80 torpedograss* Panicum repens 70 green algae Chlorphyta 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 50 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 40 cat-tail Typha spp. 40 red maple Acer rubrum 30 common duckweed Lemna minor 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 willow Salix spp. 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 10 frog fruit Phyla nodiflora 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Woodward / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on June 2, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 24.4 Average lake depth (m) 5.5 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 cat-tail Typha spp. 60 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 50 willow Salix spp. 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 40 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 30 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 torpedograss* Panicum repens 30 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 musk-grass Chara spp. 10 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Yale / Lake
Aquatic plant data collected on July 14, 1994 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 42.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 9.7
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 78.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 15 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) Egyptian paspalidium Paspalidium geminatum 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 93 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 87 duck-potato Sagittaria lancifolia 87 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 87 willow Salix spp. 73 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 musk-grass Chara spp. 53 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 53 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 47 cat-tail Typha spp. 47 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 33 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 33 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 27 torpedograss* Panicum repens 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 13 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 13 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 7 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 7 elephant-ear* Colocasia esculenta 7 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 7 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 7 melaleuca* Melaleuca quinquenervia 7 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 7 common salvinia Salvinia minima 7 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 7 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 7
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Alyssa / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 18, 2002 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 10.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.9
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 40.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 80 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 80 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 70 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 70 green algae Chlorphyta 60 woolgrass bulrush Scirpus cyperinus 60 soft rush Juncus effusus 50 willow Salix spp. 50 umbrella sedge* Cyperus involucratus 30 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 30 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 20 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10
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Blue Heron / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 3, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 98.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 20.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 13.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 90 leathery rush Juncus coriaceous 70 green flatsedge Cyperus virens 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 60 path rush Juncus tenuis 60 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 willow Salix spp. 50 soft rush Juncus effusus 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 30 hop sedge Carex lupulina 30 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 10 common duckweed Lemna minor 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10
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Blue Heron / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 21, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.1 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 70 para grass* Urochloa mutica 60 soft rush Juncus effusus 50 red maple Acer rubrum 30 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 20 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 carex sedge Carex spp. 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10
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Bradford / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 15, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 28.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 35.4 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) para grass* Urochloa mutica 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 creeping rush Juncus repens 40 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 20 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 20 willow Salix spp. 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10
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Bradford / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 29, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 9.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 torpedograss* Panicum repens 50 red maple Acer rubrum 30 willow Salix spp. 20 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10
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Diane / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on July 8, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.7 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 100 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 Florida bellflower Campanula floridana 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 clustered sedge Carex glaucescens 30 musk-grass Chara spp. 20 green flatsedge Cyperus virens 20 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 20 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 green algae Chlorphyta 10 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 10 tapertip rush Juncus acuminatus 10 leathery rush Juncus coriaceous 10 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 10 short-bristle beaksedge Rhynchospora corniculata 10 clustered beaksedge Rhynchospora glomerata 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Diane / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 21, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 0.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 0.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.3 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 musk-grass Chara spp. 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 50 para grass* Urochloa mutica 30 red maple Acer rubrum 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 20 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 20 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 10 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 10 carex sedge Carex spp. 10 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 10 water oak Quercus nigra 10 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
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Erie / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on September 10, 1991 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 74.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 31.3
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 111.0 Average lake depth (m) 2.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 50 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 50 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10
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Erie / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on October 6, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 86.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 71.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 218.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 100 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 80 St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 80 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 70 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 50 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 30 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Erie / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 30, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 100.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 97.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 67.5 Average lake depth (m) 1.3 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 100 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 100 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 80 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 80 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 70 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 60 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 50 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 40 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 Tracy's beaksedge Rhynchospora tracyi 10 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 10
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Griffin / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 7, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 105.4 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 100 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 60 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 40 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 40 soft rush Juncus effusus 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 20 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 20 willow Salix spp. 20
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Hall / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on July 28, 1992 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 16.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 44.0 Average lake depth (m) 6.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-shield Brasenia schreberi 100 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 100 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 90 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 70 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 70 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 60 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 40 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 10 willow Salix spp. 10 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 10
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Hall / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 25, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 86.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 13.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 97.2 Average lake depth (m) 5.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-shield Brasenia schreberi 100 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 100 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 80 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 70 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 70 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 70 strap-leaf sag Sagittaria kurziana 70 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 60 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 30 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 30 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 10 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 willow Salix spp. 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Hall / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 25, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 80.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 18.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 76.5 Average lake depth (m) 5.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 70 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 strap-leaf sag Sagittaria kurziana 60 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 50 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 50 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 50 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 30 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 30 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 10 willow Salix spp. 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 10
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Hiawatha / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 15, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 12.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 3.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 8.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 44.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 70 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 50 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 30 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 10 creeping rush Juncus repens 10 willow Salix spp. 10 sphaghum moss Sphaghum spp. 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Hiawatha / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 29, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 11.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 10.3
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 27.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 80 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 80 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 60 red maple Acer rubrum 20 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20
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Iamonia / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on May 27, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 88.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 29.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 645.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.6 Frequency that plant species occur in 30 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 97 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 97 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 93 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 90 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 87 water spikerush Eleocharis elongata 83 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 80 soft rush Juncus effusus 80 willow Salix spp. 80 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 77 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 77 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 73 grass family Gramineae 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 53 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 50 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 47 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 37 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 37 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 30 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 27 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 23 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 17 para grass* Urochloa mutica 17 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 13 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 13 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 10 common salvinia Salvinia minima 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 7 Illinois pondweed Potamogeton illinoensis 7 green fanwort Cabomba caroliniana var. multipartita 3 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 3 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 3 slender naiad* Najas minor 3 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 3 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 3
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Jackson / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on August 24, 2009 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 90.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 47.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.4
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 4110.3 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 90 willow Salix spp. 90 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 80 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 80 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 70 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 70 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 50 hydrilla* Hydrilla verticillata 40 fanwort Cabomba caroliniana 30 swamp rosemallow Hibiscus grandiflorus 30 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 30 bladderwort Utricularia foliosa 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 10 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 10 rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 shrubby primrosewillow Ludwigia suffruicosa 10 Savannah primrosewillow Ludwigia virgata 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 10 torpedograss* Panicum repens 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 sesbans Sesbania spp. 10 sand cordgrass Spartina bakeri 10 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Longleat / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 18, 2002 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 94.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 80.5
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 54.4 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 green algae Chlorphyta 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 100 stonewort Nitella spp. 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 60 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 60 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 20 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 20 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20 willow Salix spp. 20 woolgrass bulrush Scirpus cyperinus 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 tapegrass Vallisneria americana 20
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Maclay / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 25, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 86.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 13.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.2
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 72.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.8 Frequency that plant species occur in 4 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-shield Brasenia schreberi 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 100 strap-leaf sag Sagittaria kurziana 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 75 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 75 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 75 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 75 lemon bacopa Bacopa caroliniana 50 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 50 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 50 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 50 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 50 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 50 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 50 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 25
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Maclay / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 25, 1997 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 80.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 18.2
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.6
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 42.0 Average lake depth (m) 5.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 strap-leaf sag Sagittaria kurziana 100 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 80 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 80 water-shield Brasenia schreberi 60 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 60 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 60 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 60 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 60 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 60 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 40 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 40 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 40 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 40 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 40 morning-glory family Convolvulaceae 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 20 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20 common salvinia Salvinia minima 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20
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Minniehaha / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 15, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 34.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 8.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.1
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 43.9 Average lake depth (m) 1.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 90 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 80 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 60 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 40
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Minniehaha / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 29, 1999 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 48.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 26.8
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 18.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.8
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 23.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 100 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 80 red maple Acer rubrum 40 common salvinia Salvinia minima 40 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 20 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 20 large-headed rush Juncus megacephalus 20 creeping rush Juncus repens 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20
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Monkey Business / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on August 17, 1993 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 28.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 2.6
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.5
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) soft rush Juncus effusus 90 bacopa Bacopa monnieri 60 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 60 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 southern water-grass Luziola fluitans 40 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 clustered beaksedge Rhynchospora glomerata 40 green flatsedge Cyperus virens 30 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 baby-tears Micranthemum umbrosum 30 cat-tail Typha spp. 30 green algae Chlorphyta 20 strawcolored flatsedge Cyperus strigosus 20 bog rush Juncus elliottii 20 American lotus Nelumbo lutea 20 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 20 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 20 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 20 willow Salix spp. 20 bearded sedge Carex comosa 10 red-root flatsedge Cyperus erythrorhizos 10 Baldwin flatsedge Cyperus globulosus 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 barnyard grass* Echinochloa crusgalli 10 annual spikrush Eleocharis geniculata 10 spatterdock Nuphar luteum 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 para grass* Urochloa mutica 10
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Monkey Business / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 21, 2000 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 24.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 4.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.0
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 0.0 Average lake depth (m) 1.2 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 90 soft rush Juncus effusus 90 vasey grass* Paspalum urvillei 90 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 40 sweetgum Liquidambar styraciflua 30 willow Salix spp. 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 red maple Acer rubrum 10 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 salt-bush Baccharis spp. 10 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 10 flat sedge spp. Cyperus spp. 10
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Moore / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 5, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 100.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 46.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 3.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 6.1
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.7
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 59.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.1 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) St. John's wort Hypericum spp. 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 100 Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana 100 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 90 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 90 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 90 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 90 swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 60 pipewort Eriocaulon spp. 60 water-moss Fontinalis spp. 40 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 30 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 20 variableleaf pondweed Potamogeton diversifolius 20 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 20 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 10 hatpin Eriocaulon decangulare 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10 willow Salix spp. 10
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Overstreet / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 25, 1996 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.8
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 5.3
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 133.2 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 100 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 100 purple fanwort Cabomba pulcherrima 90 frog's-bit Limnobium spongia 90 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 80 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 purple bladderwort Utricularia purpurea 80 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 60 banana-lily Nymphoides aquatica 50 smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides 50 cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba 50 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 30 strap-leaf sag Sagittaria kurziana 30 coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 20 jointed spikerush Eleocharis interstincta 20 para grass* Urochloa mutica 20 flatsedge Cyperus odoratus 10 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 bulrush spp. Juncus spp. 10 red root Lachnanthes caroliniana 10 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 10 water primrose Ludwigia spp. 10 common arrowhead Sagittaria latifolia 10 cat-tail Typha spp. 10 yellow-eyed grass Xyris spp. 10
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Shelly Pond / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 7, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 6.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 1.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 7.4
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.6
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 8.8 Average lake depth (m) 1.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) soft rush Juncus effusus 100 . Lyngbya spp. 100 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 100 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 80 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 40 sawgrass Cladium jamaicense 20 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20
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Silver / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 5, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 92.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 38.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.7
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.2
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 2.1 Average lake depth (m) 2.4 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) swamp titi Cyrilla racemiflora 100 variable-leaf milfoil Myriophyllum heterophyllum 100 para grass* Urochloa mutica 100 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 90 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 70 slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii 30 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 10 bog-moss Mayaca fluviatilis 10 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 10 dwarf arrowhead Sagittaria subulata 10
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Spring Pond / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 7, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) . Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) .
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 2.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.9
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 16.4 Average lake depth (m) . Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) common duckweed Lemna minor 100 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 80 floating water-hyacinth* Eichhornia crassipes 80 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 80 soft rush Juncus effusus 40 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 40 lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus 40 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 20 willow Salix spp. 20 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Data - 1 -
Summerset / Leon
Aquatic plant data collected on June 7, 2001 Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) 48.0 Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) 7.0
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 4.8
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 0.3
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) 1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) 4.9 Average lake depth (m) 1.9 Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake. * Indicates non-native plant species Common Name Plant Species Frequency (%) . Lyngbya spp. 100 southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra 70 pickerelweed Pontederia cordata 70 buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis 60 maidencane Panicum hemitomon 60 denseflower knotweed Polygonum densiflorum 60 wax myrtle Myrica cerifera 50 azolla Azolla caroliniana 30 red ludwigia Ludwigia repens 30 southern naiad Najas guadalupensis 30 umbrella-grass Fuirena squarrosa 20 water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata 20 soft rush Juncus effusus 20 inundated beaksedge Rhynchospora inundata 20 willow Salix spp. 20 bald cypress Taxodium distichum 20 cat-tail Typha spp. 20 alligator-weed* Alternanthera philoxeroides 10 hop sedge Carex lupulina 10 haspan flatsedge Cyperus haspan 10 shore rush Juncus marginatus 10 fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata 10 beaksedge Rhynchospora spp. 10 elderberry Sambucus canadensis 10
