Plant Identification
Identify Your Water Problem
Algae
Filamentous Algae
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Green looking mats on the water surface
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Looks like slime
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Growth starts along the shoreline or edge of the waterbody, or on the bottom
Chara Algae
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Can look gray, green or yellow
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Looks similar to a plant
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Odor and gritty texture
Pea Soup Algae
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THIS ALGAE COULD BE TOXIC
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Generally blooms in warmer water
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Looks like pea soup
Starry Stonewort
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INVASIVE SPECIES
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Has a similar look as Chara Algae
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Could have a creamy bulb in clusters
Plants
Cattails
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Long grass like plant that can reach up to about 10 feet in height
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Provide cover for wildlife and are not invasive
Phragmites
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INVASIVE SPECIES
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Can grow upwards of 15 feet tall
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Aggressive plant that grows quickly
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Requires multiple treatments to control and must be cut when it is dead
Watermeal
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Very small, granular like pant
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Generally grows in calm waters
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Invades ponds with Duckweed
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Displays no roots in presents
Duckweed
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Small green leafs
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Found generally in ponds
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Generally grows in calm waters
Lily Pads
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Floating leaf plant with oval shape
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Slimy coating can be found on stem or underside of the leaf
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Generally found with a white or yellowish flower
Eurasian Watermilfoil
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INVASIVE SPECIES
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Some forms can reach 10 feet in length
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Can calcify in hard waters
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Tiny red colored flowers may extend water surface
Curly-Leaf Pondweed
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INVASIVE SPECIES
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Generally found in the spring
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Easy to control
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Crinkled leaves
Clasping-Leaf Pondweed
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Stem is branched and leafy
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It has wide wavy leaves
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The plant grows a calcium coating during summer months
American Pondweed
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Plant has oval leaves
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Generally has sparse leafing
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Found close to shore
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Leaves alternately arranged
