Plants of Lake Valentine - BIO 321
Compiled from a composite list of plants collected on and near Lake Valentine 1986-2000 by students in BIO321 Aquatic Biology
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Dry Shore Zone Plants (and Stream) no standing water) |
Scientific Name [See Eggers, Steve D. and Donald M. Reed. 1997. Wetland plants and communities of Minnesota and Wisconsin. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District. Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center Home Page. http://www.npwrc.usgs.gov/resource/1998/mnplant/mnplant.htm (Version 03SEP98). ] |
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Green Bulrush |
Scirpus atrovirens |
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Hardstem Bulrush |
Scirpus acutus |
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Softstem Bulrush |
Scirpus validus |
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Beaked Spike Rush |
Eleocharis rostellata |
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Willow |
Salix spp. |
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Broad leaved arrowhead |
Sagittaria latifolia |
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beggartick |
Bidens cernua |
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jewelweed |
Impatiens capensis |
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broad leaved cattail |
Typha latifolia |
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swamp milkweed |
Asclepias incarnata |
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pinkweed |
Polygonum pensylvanicum |
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Swamp thistle |
Cirsium muticum |
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joe-pye weed |
Eupatorium maculatum |
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common bugleweed |
Lycopus americanus |
| blue vervain | Verbena hastata |
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purple loosestrife |
Lythrum salicaria |
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marsh aster |
Aster simplex |
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Amphibious zone From dry to 27cm depth |
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Lesser Duckweed |
Lemna minor |
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Big duckweed |
Spirodela polyrhiza |
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Broad leaved cattail |
Typha latifolia |
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Beaked Spike Rush |
Eleocharis rostellata |
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Sago Pondweed |
Potamogeton pectinatus |
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Submerged and Floating from 30cm to 1m |
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White water lily |
Nymphaea odorata |
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Yellow water lily |
Nuphar variegata |
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Elodea |
Elodea canadensis |
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Coontail |
Ceratphyllum |
| Curly Pondweed | Potamogeton illinoensis |
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Sago Pondweed |
Potamogeton pectinatus |
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Cladophora - the filamentous clingy green algae stuff |
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Northern Water Milfoil First found in the lake in 2000 |
Myriophyllum exalbescens Fern.
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