Wag's Pond

Wags Pond is mostly open water, the vegetation dominated by floating leaved and submerged plants. Around the periphery are areas of sedge and of alders.

Species found at this site:

Scientific Name

Common Name

Acer rubrum  L.  var rubrum

red maple

Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H.E. Robins. var altissima

white snakeroot

Alnus incana ssp rugosa (DuRoi) Clausen

speckled alder

Brasenia schreberi J.F. Gmel.

water shield

Carex comosa Boott

longhair sedge

Carex crinita Lam. var crinita

fringed sedge

Carex intumescens  Rudge

great bladder sedge

Carex projecta  Mackenzie

necklace sedge

Ceratophyllum demersum  L.

coontail

Cornus obliqua  Raf.

silky dogwood

Elodea canadensis Michx.

canadian water weed

Equisetum sylvaticum Michx.

woodland horsetail

Eragrostis frankii  C.A. Mey. ex Steud.

sandbar lovegrass

Fraxinus pennsylvanica Marsh.

green ash

Galium asperellum Michx.

rough bedstraw

Galium palustre  L.

marsh bedstraw

Glyceria grandis  S. Wats.  var grandis

american mannagrass

Juncus effusus  L.

soft rush

Leersia oryzoides  (L.) Sw.

rice cutgrass

Lemna minor L.

lesser duckweed

Lycopus uniflorus Michx.

northern water horehound

Lysimachia ciliata L.

fringed loosestrife

Lythrum salicaria L.

purple loosestrife

Nuphar lutea (L.) Sm. ssp variegata (Dur.) E.O. Beal

variegated water lily

Nymphaea odorata  Ait.  ssp odorata

white water lily

Nymphaea odorata  Ait.  ssp tuberosa (Paine) Wiersma & Hellquist

white water lily

Nymphoides cordata (Ell.) Fern.

little floating heart

Onoclea sensibilis L.

sensitive fern

Osmunda claytoniana L.

interrupted fern

Osmunda regalis var spectabilis (Willd.) Gray

royal fern

Oxalis stricta L.

common yellow sorrel

Pinus strobus L.

white pine

Polygonum amphibium L. var stipulaceum Coleman

water smartweed

Polygonum sagittatum L.

arrow-leaved tearthumb

Populus balsamifera L. ssp balsamifera

balsam poplar

Potamogeton natans L.

floating pondweed

Potentilla simplex Michx.

old field cinquefoil

Prunus serotina Ehrh. Var serotina

black cherry

Salix bebbiana Sarg.

bebb willow

Salix petiolaris Sm.

slender or meadow willow

Scirpus atrocinctus  Fern.

blackgirdle bulrush

Scutellaria galericulata L.

marsh skullcap

Solidago canadensis L. var scabra

canada goldenrod

Sparganium emersum  Rehmann

european bur-reed

Spiraea alba  DuRoi var latifolia (Ait.) Dippel

white meadowsweet

Spiraea tomentsa L. var tomentosa

steeplebush

Spirodella polyrrhiza (L.) Schleid.

duckmeat

Triadenum virginicum (L.) Raf.

marsh st. john'swort

Typha latifolia L.

wide leaved cattail

Ulmus americana L.

american elm

Utricularia minor  L.

lesser bladderwort

 

GPS coordinates of sampling points:

Sampling point

WS1A

e

4896654

n

614298

WS2A

e

4896635

n

614120

WS2B

e

4896635

n

614125

WS2C

e

4896635

n

614131

WS2D

e

4896635

n

614141

WS2E

e

4896635

n

614171

WS2F

e

4896635

n

614194

WS2G

e

4896635

n

614216

WS2H

e

4896635

n

614233

WS2I

e

4896635

n

614255

WS2J

e

4896635

n

614274

WS2K

e

4896635

n

614277

WS2L

e

4896635

n

614304

WS2M

e

4896635

n

614322

WS2N

e

4896635

n

614377

WS3A

e

4896630

n

614145

 

 

If you have comments/questions, please contact Dr. Meiyin Wu, Dr. Dennis Kalma or Boquet River Association

This page was last updated on January 09, 2007 .