Species Najas flexilis was not found by InvGalileoBaxter on 2009-10-22

Field Notes

Today I am happy because it is an early release Wednesday. Some things I saw at the pond were trees changing colors a birch tree fallen down into the pond, stores across the street (forest avenue) a trail that leads back into the woods, there is more growth on one side of the pond. I hear traffic on forest avenue next to me. I smell what I think of as "Fall", a nutty dead leaft kind of smell. One thing I am surprised about is that I didnt find more trash, Some problems I ran into was that everyone was really loud and that it took forever to get to the pond.

Supporting evidence

The plant that we found has long leaves that are layered and the plant that we are looking far has thin branches and leaves.

The slender naiad is 3 meters long and ours is one half the size 1 and a half meters long

Our specimen is layered and the slender naiad is not.

Species Observation:
Species Looked For

Common name:

Slender naiad

Scientific name:

Najas flexilis

Was found?

I think I did not find it

Count of individuals?

Coverage?

Dead or alive?

Size:

Sex:

Evidence of reproduction:

Sampling method:

Weed weasel

Place studied

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Latitude:

43.676480 ° N

Longitude:

-70.287700 ° W

Observation Site Information

Name:

InvGalileoBaxter's visit to Pond in Baxter Woods, Portland, ME (Galileo)

Habitat:

Freshwater - In a pond or lake

Trip Information

Trip name:

Pond in Baxter Woods, Portland, ME (Galileo)

Trip date:

2009-10-22

Nearest town:

Portland, ME

Type of investigation:

Species and Habitat Survey

Ecosystem:

Freshwater

MIDAS number:

Watershed:

Presumpscot

Nearest waterbody:

Habitat Observations

Diversity:

5 different species

Water temperature:

6.8 ° C

pH:

7.0

Dissolved oxygen:

5.0 mg/L

Salinity:

Vectors:

Walking trail

Comments

Smelling fall

Submitted by vitalsleuth on Mon, 11/02/2009 - 10:37.

I know exactly what you mean when you say that it smells like fall. Nice description of something that's really hard to describe!

I agree that you did not find slender naiad. Your evidence supports your claim nicely. Looking at your evidence photos, I think you may have found the stalk of a cattail. What do you think?

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