CONTACT Lake County Algae: INFORMATION Aquatic Chara C. contraria For more information regarding Lake Plant List C. globularis County Aquatic Invasive Filamentous algae Species contact: Plankton algae Lake County Soil and Water Blue-green algae (Cyanobacteria) Conservation District (SWCD) Native stonewort Nitella( flexilis) (218) 834-8370 Starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa) ADDITIONAL This list provides an overview of This list is NOT exhaustive! You may aquatic plants you COULD find in find other aquatic plants in the waters RESOURCES the region. Keep on the lookout of Lake County, MN. for aquatic invasive species (AIS), which are marked in bold and are threatening Minnesota waters. Emergent Plants: Floating-leaf plants: Submerged plants: Three-way sedge (Dulichium arundina- ceum) Water shield (Brasenia schreberi) Pondweeds (Potamogeton) Small’s Spikerush (Eleocharis palustris) Marsh Water Starwort (Callitriche palus- P. pusillus (Very small) tris) Rattlesnake grass (Glyceria canadensis) P. robbinsii (Robbins’) Yellow Water Lily (Nuphar variegata) Broadleaf Arrowhead (Sagittaria latifolia) P. zosteriformis (Flatstem) White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata ssp. P. praelongus (White-stemmed) Cattails (Typha) tuberosa) P. richardsnoii (Claspingleaf) T. latifolia (Broadleaf) Pondweeds (Potamogeton) P. crispus (Curly-leaf) T. angustifolia (Narrowleaf) P. amplifolius (Large-leaved) Canada waterweed (Elodea candensis) T. x glauca (Hybrid) P. epihydrus (Ribbon-leaved) Smallest waterwort (Elatine minima) Burreeds (Sparganium) P. spirillus (Snailseed) Pipewort (Eriocaulon aquaticum) S. americanum (American) P. oakesianus (Oakes’) Braun’s quillwort (Isoetes echinospora) S. emersum (Green-fruited) P. natans (Floating leaf) S. eurycarpum (Giant) Submersed Brown-fruited Rush (Juncus pelocar- P. gramineus (Variable) pus form submerses) Sedges (Carex) P. vaseyi (Vasey’s) Water lobelia (Lobelia dortmanna) C. crinita (Typical) Narrow Floatingleaf Burreed (Sparganium Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum) C. lasiocarpa ssp. americana angustifolium) (Woolly) Soft Coontail/Spiny Hornwort (Ceratophyllum Wide Floatingleaf Burreed (Sparganium echinatum) C. lenticularis (Lenticular) fluctuans) Water Milfoils (Myriophyllum) C. utriculata (Beaked) M. alterniflorum (Small Leaved) C. aquatilis (Aquatic) M. farwellii (Farwell’s) Water-hemlock (Cicuta maculate) M. tenellum (Leafless) Needle Spike-rush (Eleocharis acicularis) M. verticillatum (Whorled) Cut-leaved bugleweed (Lycopus ameri- M. sibiricum (Northern) canus) M. spicatum (Eurasian) Northern bugleweed (Lycopus uniflorus) White water crowfoot (Ranunculus aquatilis var. Loosestrife (Lysimachia terrestris) diffusus) Purple Loosestrife (Lythrum salicaria) Spearwort (Ranunculus flammula) Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) Awlwort (Subularia aquaticavar. Americana) Wool-grass (Scirpus cyperinus) Greater bladderwort (Utricularia macrorhiza (or U. vulgaris)) Fireweed (Epilobium angustifolium) Common Naiad or Busy Pondweed (Najas flexilis) Tall manna grass (Glyceria grandis) Wild Celery, eel-grass (Vallisneria americana) Northern manna grass (Glyceria borealis) Water marigold (Bidens beckii River Bulrush (Bolboschoenus fluviatilis) .