5.0 Submerged Aquatic Plants on Long Point Bay:

5.1 Introduction

5.2 Present distribution and abundance of submerged aquatic plants on Long Point

5.2.1 Introduction to plant distribution and abundance

5.2.2 Description, distribution and abundance of dominant submerged aquatic plants on Inner Long Point Bay

5.2.2.1 Musk grass (Chara vulgaris)

5.2.2.2 Eurasian milfoil (Myriophyllum spicatum)

5.2.2.3 Naiad (Najas flexilis and Najas quadalupensis)

5.2.2.4 Wild celery (Vallisneria americana)

5.2.2.5 Coontail (Ceratophyllum demersum)

5.2.2.6 Water weed (Elodea canadensis)

5.2.2.7 Richardson's pondweed (Potamogeton richardsonii)

5.3 Aquatic Plants consumed by waterfowl collected on the Bay

5.4 Threats to the Bay's aquatic plants and potential impacts on waterfowl

5.5 Information gaps