Aquatic plants are valuable for a number of ecological and biological functions including utilizing nutrients that would otherwise be available to algae, stabilizing bottom sediments and shorelines, providing shelter for a variety of game and non-game fish and aquatic insects, and providing food for waterfowl and other wading birds. Aquatic invasive plants present: (CLP) Table 2: Percent Frequency of Aquatic Vegetation on Sunfish Lake (19005000) Section 3: Growth 2012 2013 Public Common name Scientific name form (Sept 17) (May 29) Curly-leaf pondweed 32 80 Potamogeton cripus Leafy Pondweed 51 64 Potamogeton foliosus Muskgrass 19 14 Chara spp. Straight Leaf Potamogeton 20 7 Pondweed strictifolius Submersed Potamogeton Flatstem Pondweed -- 6 zosteriformis Needle Rush 2 1 Eleocharis acicularis Ceratophyllum Coontail 3 -- demersum Canada Waterweed 2 -- Elodea canadensis Emergent Bulrush -- 1 Scripus spp. Participation Process (Narrative)
Aquatic plants are valuable for a number of ecological and biological functions including utilizing nutrients that would otherwise be available to algae, stabilizing bottom sediments and shorelines, providing shelter for a variety of game and non-game fish and aquatic insects, and providing food for waterfowl and other wading birds. Aquatic invasive plants present: (CLP) Table 2: Percent Frequency of Aquatic Vegetation on Sunfish Lake (19005000) Growth form Common name Scientific name 2012 (Sept 17) 2013 (May 29) Submersed Curly-leaf pondweed Potamogeton cripus 32 80 Leafy Pondweed Potamogeton foliosus 51 64 Muskgrass Chara spp. 19 14 Straight Leaf Pondweed Potamogeton strictifolius 20 7 Flatstem Pondweed Potamogeton zosteriformis -- 6 Needle Rush Eleocharis acicularis 2 1 Coontail Ceratophyllum demersum 3 -- Canada Waterweed Elodea canadensis 2 -- Emergent Bulrush Scripus spp. -- 1 Section 3: Public Participation Process (Narrative)
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