Native SpeciesLittle floating heart

Nymphoides cordata
NOT FOUND by 51hl151
2012-05-30
West Newfield
ID Confirmed
Quality checked by pparent
Peer reviewed by 51tn19
Field Notes
I am looking for Little Floating Hearts at a unnamed pond on Stevens Corner Rd. in West Newfield, Maine. The pond is a few feet deep and has some turtles and bull frogs and another species of frogs that I don’t know what it is called. The water right now is fairly warm; about 65° and there a few frogs and some tadpoles. Around the pond there is lots of hardwood trees like oak and maple. It is about 20° celsius and it is cloudy.
A sketch of our study site.
Supporting Evidence
Photo of my evidence.
The plant that I think is not little floating heart has no flower right now so it is hard to tell if it is or not because there is no flower. But, it does have a similar shape to the leaf.
Photo of my evidence.
The plant has a reddish tint to the leaves on some of them, but others have a grayish-green color.
Photo of my evidence.
Also, my plant has a more round shape to the leaf than little floating hearts. Little floating hearts have a oval shape to the leaves.
Species Observation: Species Looked For
Did you find it?: 
I think I did not find it
Scientific name:
Nymphoides cordata
Common name:
Little floating heart
Sampling method: 
Just looking around
Photo of our sampling method.
Place Studied
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Latitude: 
N 43.656421 °
Longitude: 
W -70.967276 °
Observation Site Information
A photo of our study site.
Habitat: 
Upland - Forest
Trip Information
Name:
Frog Pond
Trip date: 
Wed, 2012-05-30 13:12
Town or city: 
West Newfield
Type of investigation: 
Species Survey
Ecosystem: 
Upland
Watershed: 
Saco

Comments

Submitted by PGregory on Thu, 2012-05-31 11:26.

Maybe you found Fragrant/White Water Lily?

I've looked over your images, and based on leaf-shape without a measurement of size to go by, I think you may have found Nymphae odorata or fragrant water lily.

These leaves are substantially larger than little floating heart. Next time you visit this site, measure the diameter of a typical leaf and add that data to your nicely drawn diagram.

Also look if stems are faintly striped and when observed as a cross-section, they're round containing a bundle of four large air passages. Leaves will be impressive--10 to 30 cm in diameter--with leathery green tops and reddish-purple undersides.

Of course, waiting a few weeks will answer all your questions...that's when pink or white flowers tell all!