WETLAND PLANTS PondNet RECORDING FORM (PAGE 1 of 5) Your Name Date Pond name (if known) Square: 4 fig grid reference Pond: 8 fig grid ref e.g. SP1243 e.g. SP 1235 4325 Determiner name (optional) Voucher material (optional) METHOD (complete one survey form per pond) Aim: To assess pond quality and conservation value, by recording wetland plants. How: Identify the outer boundary of the pond. This is the ‘line’ marking the pond’s highest yearly water levels (usually in early spring). It will probably not be the current water level of the pond, but should be evident from wetland vegetation like rushes at the pond’s outer edge, or other clues such as water-line marks on tree trunks or stones. Within the outer boundary, search all the dry and shallow areas of the pond that are accessible. Survey deeper areas with a net or grapnel hook. Record wetland plants found by crossing through the names on this sheet. You don’t need to record terrestrial species. For each species record its approximate abundance as a percentage of the pond’s surface area. Where few plants are present, record as ‘<1%’. If you are not completely confident in your species identification put’?’ by the species name. If you are really unsure put ‘??’. Enter the results online: www.freshwaterhabitats.org.uk/projects/waternet/ or send your results to Freshwater Habitats Trust. Aquatic plants (submerged-leaved species) Stonewort, Bearded (Chara canescens) Floating-leaved species Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia) Stonewort, Bristly (Chara hispida) Bistort, Amphibious (Persicaria amphibia) Arrowhead, Canadian (Sagittaria rigida) Stonewort, Clustered (Tolypella glomerata) Crystalwort, Channelled (Riccia canaliculata) Arrowhead, Narrow-leaved (Sagittaria subulata) Stonewort, Common (Chara vulgaris) Crystalwort, Lizard (Riccia bifurca) Awlwort (Subularia aquatica) Stonewort, Convergent (Chara connivens) Duckweed, non-native sp. (Lemna aequinoctialis) Bladderwort (Utricularia australis) Stonewort, Coral (Chara tormentosa) Duckweed, a non-native sp. (Spirodela oligorrhiza) Bladderwort grp, Greater (Utricularia vulgaris (s.l.)) Stonewort, Dark (Nitella opaca) Duckweed, Common (Lemna minor) Bladderwort grp, Intermed. (U. intermedia (s.l.)) Stonewort, Delicate (Chara virgata) Duckweed, Fat (Lemna gibba) Bladderwort, Greater (Utricularia vulgaris (s.s)) Stonewort, Dwarf (Nitella tenuissima) Duckweed, Greater (Spirodela polyrhiza) Bladderwort, Intermed. (U. intermedia (s.s.)) Stonewort, Few-branched (Nitella spanioclema) Duckweed, Ivy-leaved (Lemna trisulca) Bladderwort, Lesser (Utricularia minor) Stonewort, Foxtail (Lamprothamnium papulosum) Duckweed, Least (Lemna minuta) Bladderwort, Nordic (Utricularia stygia) Stonewort, Fragile (Chara globularis) Duckweed, non-native sp. (Lemna valdiviana) Bladderwort, Pale (Utricularia ochroleuca) Stonewort, Hedgehog (Chara pedunculata) Duckweed, Red (Lemna turionifera) Bur-reed, Floating (Sparganium angustifolium) Stonewort, Intermediate (Chara intermedia) Duckweed, Rootless (Wolffia arrhiza) Bur-reed, Least (Sparganium natans) Stonewort, Least (Nitella confervacea) Frogbit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) Bur-reed, Unbranched (Sparganium emersum) Stonewort, Lesser Bearded (Chara curta) Liverwort, floating sp. (Riccia fluitans) Cape-pondweed (Aponogeton distachyos) Stonewort, Many-branched (Nitella hyalina) Liverwort, floating sp. (Ricciocarpos natans) Club-rush, Floating (Eleogiton fluitans) Stonewort, Mossy (Chara muscosa) Pennywort, Floating (Hydrocotyle ranunculoides) Duck-potato (Sagittaria latifolia) Stonewort, Naked (Chara denudata) Pondweed, Bog (Potamogeton polygonifolius) Fanwort (Cabomba caroliniana) Stonewort, Opposite Stonewort (Chara contraria) Pondweed, Broad-leaved (Potamogeton natans) Hampshire-purslane (Ludwigia palustris) Stonewort, Pointed (Nitella mucronata) Spatter-dock (Nuphar advena) Hornwort, Rigid (Ceratophyllum demersum) Stonewort, Rough (Chara aspera) Water Fern (Azolla filiculoides) Hornwort, Soft (Ceratophyllum submersum) Stonewort, Rugged (Chara rudis) Water-lily, Fringed (Nymphoides peltata) Lobelia, Water (Lobelia dortmanna) Stonewort, Slender (Nitella gracilis) Water-lily, Least (Nuphar pumila) Mare’s-tail (Hippuris vulgaris) Stonewort, Slimy-fruited (Nitella capillaris) Water-lily, non-native sp. (Nymphacae sp.) Marshwort, Lesser (Apium inundatum) Stonewort, Smooth (Nitella flexilis) Water-lily, White (Nymphaea alba) Moss, Bog (list species if possible) (Sphagnum sp.) Stonewort, Starry (Nitellopsis obtusa) Water-lily, Yellow (Nuphar lutea) Moss, Willow (Fontinalis antipyretica) Stonewort, Strawberry (Chara fragifera) Water-plantain, Floating (Luronium natans) Naiad, Holly-leaved (Najas marina) Stonewort, Translucent (Nitella translucens) Emergent plant species Naiad, Slender (Najas flexilis) Tapegrass (Vallisneria spiralis) Angelica, Garden (Angelica archangelica) Parrot’s-feather (Myriophyllum aquaticum) Water-crowfoot species undt. (Ranunculus sp.) Angelica, Wild (Angelica sylvestris) Pigmyweed, New Zealand (Crassula helmsii) Water-crowfoot, Brackish (Ranunculus baudotii) Arrowgrass, Marsh (Triglochin palustre) Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum) Water-crowfoot, Common (Ranunculus aquatilis) Arum, Bog (Calla palustris) Pondweed species undt. (Potamogeton sp.) Water-crowfoot, Fan-leaved (Ranunculus circinatus) Asphodel, Bog (Narthecium ossifragum) Pondweed, American (Potamogeton epihydrus) Water-crowfoot, Pond (Ranunculus peltatus) Asphodel, Scottish (Tofieldia pusilla) Pondweed, Blunt-leaved (Potamogeton obtusifolius) Water-crowfoot, River (Ranunculus fluitans) Avens, Water (Geum rivale) Pondweed, Curled (Potamogeton crispus) Water-crowfoot, Stream (Ranunculus penicillatus) Balsam, Indian (Impatiens glandulifera) Pondweed, Fen (Potamogeton coloratus) Water-crowfoot (R. penicillatus spp. penicillatus) Balsam, Orange (Impatiens capensis) Pondweed, Fennel (Potamogeton pectinatus) Water-crowfoot, Thread-lvd. (R. trichophyllus) Balsam, Touch-me-not (Impatiens noli-tangere) Pondweed, Flat-stalked (Potamogeton friesii) Water-crowfoot, Three-lobed (R. tripartitus) Beak-sedge, Brown (Rhynchospora fusca) Pondweed, Grass-wrack (P. compressus) Water-dropwort, River (Oenanthe fluviatilis) Beak-sedge, White (Rhynchospora alba) Pondweed, Hairlike (Potamogeton trichoides) Water-milfoil, Alternate (Myriophyllum alterniflorum) Bedstraw, Common Marsh (Galium palustre) Pondweed, Horned (Zannichellia palustris) Water-milfoil, Spiked (Myriophyllum spicatum) Bedstraw, Fen (Galium uliginosum) Pondweed, Lesser (Potamogeton pusillus) Water-milfoil, Whorled (Myriophyllum verticillatum) Bedstraw, Northern (Galium boreale) Pondweed, Loddon (Potamogeton nodosus) Water-soldier (Stratiotes aloides) Bedstraw, Slender Marsh (Galium constrictum) Pondweed, Long-stalked (Potamogeton praelongus) Water-starwort species undt. (Callitriche sp.) Beggarticks (Bidens frondosa) Pondweed, Opp-leaved (Groenlandia densa) Water-starwort, Autumnal (C. hermaphroditica) Bent, Creeping (Agrostis stolonifera) Pondweed, Perfoliate (Potamogeton perfoliatus) Water-starwort, Blunt-fruited (C. obtusangula) Bent, Velvet (Agrostis canina) Pondweed, Red (Potamogeton alpinus) Water-starwort, Common (Callitriche stagnalis) Bird’s-foot-trefoil, Greater (Lotus pedunculatus) Pondweed, Sharp-leaved (Potamogeton acutifolius) Water-starwort, Intermediate (Callitriche hamulata) Bitter-cress, Large (Cardamine amara) Pondweed, Shetland (Potamogeton rutilus) Water-starwort, no English name (C. palustris) Bittersweet (Solanum dulcamara) Pondweed, Shining (Potamogeton lucens) Water-starwort, Short-leaved (Callitriche truncata) Bladder-moss, Norfolk (Physcomitrium eurystomum) Pondweed, Slender-leaved (Potamogeton filiformis) Water-starwort, Various-lvd. (Callitriche platycarpa) Blinks (Montia fontana) Pondweed, Small (Potamogeton berchtoldii) Water-violet (Hottonia palustris) Blood-drop-emlets (Mimulus luteus) Pondweed, Various-lvd. (Potamogeton gramineus) Waterweed, Canadian (Elodea canadensis) Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata) Quillwort (Isoetes lacustris) Waterweed, Curly (Lagarosiphon major) Bog-rosemary (Andromeda polifolia) Quillwort, Spring (Isoetes echinospora) Waterweed, Esthwaite (Hydrilla verticillata) Bog-rush, Black (Schoenus nigricans) Shoreweed (Littorella uniflora) Waterweed, Large-flowered (Egeria densa) Bog-rush, Brown (Schoenus ferrugineus) Stonewort, Bird's-nest (Tolypella nidifica) Waterweed, Nuttall’s (Elodea nuttallii) Bog-Sedge, Tall (Carex magellanica) Stonewort, Great Tassel (Tolypella prolifera) Waterweed, South American (Elodea callitrichoides) Brooklime (Veronica beccabunga) Stonewort, Tassel (Tolypella intricata) Waterwort, Eight-stamened (Elatine hydropiper) Brookweed (Samolus valerandi) Stonewort species undt. (Chara sp.) Waterwort, Six-stamened (Elatine hexandra) Bryum, Matted (Bryum calophyllum) Stonewort, Baltic (Chara baltica) Bryum, Sea (Bryum warneum) Buckler-fern, Crested (Dryopteris cristata) Loosestrife, Yellow (Lysimachia vulgaris) Spearwort, Adder's-tongue (R. ophioglossifolius) Buckthorn, Alder (Frangula alnus) Lousewort, Marsh (Pedicularis palustris) Spearwort, Creeping (Ranunculus reptans) Bulrush (Typha latifolia) Marsh-marigold (Caltha palustris) Spearwort, Greater (Ranunculus lingua) Bulrush, Lesser (Typha angustifolia) Marshwort, Creeping (Apium repens) Spearwort, Lesser (Ranunculus flammula) Bur-marigold, London (Bidens connata) Meadow-rue, Common (Thalictrum flavum) Speedwell, Marsh (Veronica scutellata) Bur-marigold, Nodding (Bidens cernua) Meadowsweet (Filipendula ulmaria) Spike-rush, Common (Eleocharis palustris) Bur-marigold,