Identifying Lake and Pond Weeds

You’ve recognized you have a water weed problem, but now what? Before you tackle those pesky lake or pond weeds, it’s important to understand what type of vegetation you’re dealing with. Here’s a handy list to help you ID your aquatic weeds.

Source: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/

Floating Plants

Description: Growing unattached or rooted with floating leaves
Example: Water hyacinth, bladderwort, salvinia or water lettuce
Recommend products: Weed Raker

Source: http://www.miseagrant.umich.edu

Submerged Plants

Description: Growing entirely below and up to the water’s surface
Example: American pondweed, curly-leafed pondweed, hydrilla, Eurasian watermilfoil, sago pond weed and southern naiad
Recommended products: Weed Razer Pro and Weed Raker

Cattails in Pond

Emergent Plants

Description: Growing in shallow water with leaves or stems above the water’s surface
Example: Cattail, lily pads, bulrush, reed, water shield (dollar bonnet), pickerelweed
Recommended products: Weed Razer Pro and Weed Raker

In future posts, we’ll dive into more details about lake and pond weed types—floating, submerged and emergent plants.