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Question: Here are 2 more pictures to help you with identifying this aquatic plant found in Lake Masscupic. The heads are …

  • Question

    Here are 2 more pictures to help you with identifying this aquatic plant found in Lake Masscupic. The heads are just barley at the surface, water is too murky to see down to the root.

    Answer

    Dear DESelf, these look like the partially coiled peduncles of Vallisneria americana (tape-grass). The flowers are held at the water level by these unusual stalks. Tape-grass is a native aquatic plant.