Aquatic Plants

Ballarat's Nature Notes writer, Roger Thomas, has listed more than 40 native species of plants around the shore and in the water of Lake Wendouree. The majority of aquatic plants are indigenous. These include common reed, ribbonweed, elodea, sedges and 'lakeweed' which is water-milfoil. The reedbeds are tall spike-rush.

Students ponding in Fairyland and common reed.

Milfoil Mud dock

Water-milfoil (lakeweed) and mud dock.

Azolla and duckweed, which is the smallest flowering aquatic plant in Victoria, can be seen floating on the surface of the water.

Tall spike-rush which forms the reedbeds in the centre of the Lake and bulrushes.

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