August 10, 2009
A Survey of Aquatic Plants at Black's Nook
During this Friends of Fresh Pond Reservation program, participants helped collect plant specimens from Black's Nook, then took them indoors to identify them using dichotomous keys. The home-made collecting tool made, from the metal heads of two garden rakes and nylon rope, is visible in the foreground.
This year we found a greater variety of native pondweeds than we did last year. New to the list are Sonewort (Chara sp.), Duckweed (Lemna sp.), White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata), Emergent Smartweed (Polygonum sp.), and Big Duckweed (Spirodela polyrhiza)
SPECIES LIST