Aquatic Life

Yellow Pond Lily

(Latin name Nuphar Lutea)

Yellow Pond Lily benefits a wide variety of wildlife. Its flowers are pollinated by flies and beetles. The plant provides food and shelter for fish, snails, crayfish, and underwater insects. 

Hornwort

(Latin name Ceratophyllum submersum) 

Hornwort prefers to colonize eutrophic waters around agricultural systems. Its presence in waters has been associated with a decrease in nitrogen forms such NH4 and NO3 in water, but an increase in pH, conductivity and dissolved oxygen.

Curly Pondweed

(Latin name Potamogeton crispus)

Curlyleaf pondweed displaces native plants, disrupting vegetation structure that provides forage and shelter for waterfowl, fish, invertebrates, and algae-consuming zooplankton. It also reduces recreational opportunities for swimmers and boaters by forming thick surface mats. 

Canadian Waterweed

(Latin name Elodea Canadensis)

Canadian Waterweed is useful as oxygenator and as a shelter for small fishes and aquatic invertebrates. By absorbing nutrients, it helps control algae and keeps waters clear.

Leeches

(Macrobdella decora) 

Freshwater shrimp

Water boatman

(Corixidae)

Dragonfly Nymph