BioBlitz Pond Zone 2017
Plants (macrophytes)
Flag iris – Iris pseudacorus
Marsh marigold – Caltha palustris
Common rush – Juncus effusus
Water mint – Mentha aquatica
Water crowfoot – Ranunculus aquatilis
Duckweed – Lemna minor
Animals
Pond skater – Gerris lacustris
Water boatman – Corixa sp*
Mayfly nymph – Siphlonurus sp
Large red damselfly nymph – Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Planarian flatworm – 2 species, unknown Genus
Ramshorn snail – Planorbis planorbis
Flat ramshorn – Planorbis complanatus
Wandering snail – Limnaea pereger
Horny orb-shell – Sphaerium corneum
Cased caddis fly nymphs – Limnophilus rhombicus and Limnophilus stigma (ID based on the cases made by the animals rather than by dissection of the animals themselves)
Smooth (common) newt – Lissotriton vulgaris
Common frog – Rana temporaria
Solider fly larva – Stratiomys sp