Upper Midwest Environmental Sciences Center





Pool 8 Transect Data - Goose Island
- location of backwater near Goose Island
- submersed vegetation
- coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)
- chara (Chara spp.)
- Canadian waterweed (Elodea canadensis)
- water stargrass (Heteranthera dubia)
- Eurasian watermilfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)
- nodding waternymph (Najas flexilis)
- curly pondweed (Potamogeton crispus)
- leafy and/or small pondweed (Potamogeton foliosus and/or pusillus)
- longleaf pondweed (Potamogeton nodosus)
- sago pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus)
- flatstem pondweed (Potamogeton zosteriformis)
- floating leaf vegetation
- American lotus (Nelumbo lutea)
- yellow pond-lily (Nuphar variegata)
- white water-lily (Nymphaea odorata)
- Goose Island species frequency table
Photo: Goose Island 1999 aerial photo