Ever wonder what a lake looks like UNDER those water lilies? I made a video to show you! See if you can spot the bladderworts looking for a spot to poke up their flower stalks. What else do you see? #MacrophyteMonday
November 17, 2024 at 4:22 PM
Ever wonder what a lake looks like UNDER those water lilies? I made a video to show you! See if you can spot the bladderworts looking for a spot to poke up their flower stalks. What else do you see? #MacrophyteMonday
So excited about these new resources! #MacrophyteMonday
Hot off the presses! We've developed handy cards to help you identify common aquatic #InvasiveSpecies plants that may be found in Michigan lakes. Each card (except 1!) compares the invasive plant with a similar native plant. They're free. Send a chat if you'd like some! #MacrophyteMonday
February 10, 2025 at 3:11 PM
So excited about these new resources! #MacrophyteMonday
Charismatic macroalgae! #MacrophyteMonday
🌿🐟 Why do we care about Chara? Learn more about the importance of Michigan’s underwater understory! 🐟🌿
#MacrophyteMonday
www.canr.msu.edu/news/why-do-...
Photo: R. Marshik
#MacrophyteMonday
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Photo: R. Marshik
November 10, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Charismatic macroalgae! #MacrophyteMonday
Stay tuned! Available soon from the MSU online bookstore!
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
Our new field guide just arrived from the printer! So happy. Can't wait it to get it into people's hands!
(If you just can't wait to see what's inside, it's already available online: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/aq...)
#MacrophyteMonday
(If you just can't wait to see what's inside, it's already available online: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/aq...)
#MacrophyteMonday
July 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Stay tuned! Available soon from the MSU online bookstore!
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
Test your knowledge of aquatic plants this #MacrophyteMonday!
May 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Test your knowledge of aquatic plants this #MacrophyteMonday!
The turions (winter buds) of Potamogeton obtusifolius in our pond are now showing signs of life #macrophytemonday
May 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The turions (winter buds) of Potamogeton obtusifolius in our pond are now showing signs of life #macrophytemonday
Our new field guide just arrived from the printer! So happy. Can't wait it to get it into people's hands!
(If you just can't wait to see what's inside, it's already available online: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/aq...)
#MacrophyteMonday
(If you just can't wait to see what's inside, it's already available online: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/aq...)
#MacrophyteMonday
July 22, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Our new field guide just arrived from the printer! So happy. Can't wait it to get it into people's hands!
(If you just can't wait to see what's inside, it's already available online: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/aq...)
#MacrophyteMonday
(If you just can't wait to see what's inside, it's already available online: www.canr.msu.edu/resources/aq...)
#MacrophyteMonday
Bladderwort: How a carnivorous aquatic plant could be used in mosquito control. (!)
The images alone!
entomologytoday.org/2024/03/27/b...
#MacrophyteMonday #Utricularia #AquaticPlants #biocontrol
The images alone!
entomologytoday.org/2024/03/27/b...
#MacrophyteMonday #Utricularia #AquaticPlants #biocontrol
Bladderwort: How a Carnivorous Plant Could Be Used in Mosquito Control
Bladderwort is a rootless, aquatic plant that uses small sacs to ingest and feed on small underwater creatures, including mosquito larvae. A new study in India finds that the bladderwort Utricularia a...
entomologytoday.org
December 2, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Bladderwort: How a carnivorous aquatic plant could be used in mosquito control. (!)
The images alone!
entomologytoday.org/2024/03/27/b...
#MacrophyteMonday #Utricularia #AquaticPlants #biocontrol
The images alone!
entomologytoday.org/2024/03/27/b...
#MacrophyteMonday #Utricularia #AquaticPlants #biocontrol
Hey Michiganders! Want to REALLY get to know your aquatic plants? Join two of my favorite macrophyte maniacs for this workshop, hosted by the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society! #MacrophyteMonday
1-Day Aquatic Plant Identification Workshop at MSU August 13! Join our Erick Elgin and Jeremy Hartsock to learn submerged and floating spp. Includes field guide and pizza lunch. Students $20 (5 FREE spots available!); $75 for MIAFS members, $100 others. shorturl.at/7OkEI
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
June 23, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hey Michiganders! Want to REALLY get to know your aquatic plants? Join two of my favorite macrophyte maniacs for this workshop, hosted by the Michigan Chapter of the American Fisheries Society! #MacrophyteMonday
Check out our new paper about aquatic plant sampling in lakes... #MacrophyteMonday #YesItIsTuesdayButICouldn'tWait
New paper! Our macrophyte team just published their work exploring optimal ways to sample aquatic plants in lakes. Check out the full open-access: Application of occupancy models to aquatic macrophyte data collected via rake-based point-intercept sampling www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Application of occupancy models to aquatic macrophyte data collected via rake-based point-intercept sampling
Hayes D, Hartsock JA, Latimore J, Elgin E. 2026. Application of occupancy models to aquatic macrophyte data collected via rake-based point-intercept sampling. Lake Reserv Manag. XXX–XXX.Aquatic mac...
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February 17, 2026 at 8:10 PM
Check out our new paper about aquatic plant sampling in lakes... #MacrophyteMonday #YesItIsTuesdayButICouldn'tWait
Learning to tell invasive from native watermilfoil is time well spent! Thread...
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
Not all milfoils are equal! Here in the US, the mention of watermilfoil brings to mind the negative connotations of invasive Eurasian watermilfoil. However, there are many desirable native species, including this Northern watermilfoil. Can you tell the difference? (1/3) 🧵
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
March 17, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Learning to tell invasive from native watermilfoil is time well spent! Thread...
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
A sure sign of spring! #MacrophyteMonday
The turions (winter buds) of Potamogeton obtusifolius in our pond are now showing signs of life #macrophytemonday
May 13, 2025 at 3:31 AM
A sure sign of spring! #MacrophyteMonday
*Egregia*! #MacrophyteMonday #Algae #MarineLife
December 12, 2023 at 2:17 AM
*Egregia*! #MacrophyteMonday #Algae #MarineLife
Congrats to team members and colleagues @jolatimore.bsky.social, Jeremy Hartsock, Erick Elgin, and Dan Hayes, on their new @michigandnr.bsky.social grant to assess the aquatic plant communities in UP and southern lakes! #MacrophyteMonday content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MID...
Michigan fish, aquatic systems to benefit from $1.1 million in grants
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May 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Congrats to team members and colleagues @jolatimore.bsky.social, Jeremy Hartsock, Erick Elgin, and Dan Hayes, on their new @michigandnr.bsky.social grant to assess the aquatic plant communities in UP and southern lakes! #MacrophyteMonday content.govdelivery.com/accounts/MID...
Few things contain so much hope as a seed.
"dormant seeds preserved in sediment... had germinated, bringing back a variety of aquatic plants, including rare fen pondweed."
"More than 90 wetland plant species have emerged from the preserved dormant seeds"
#MacrophyteMonday @carlsayer.bsky.social
"dormant seeds preserved in sediment... had germinated, bringing back a variety of aquatic plants, including rare fen pondweed."
"More than 90 wetland plant species have emerged from the preserved dormant seeds"
#MacrophyteMonday @carlsayer.bsky.social
Dormant seeds from Watton Ice Age pond project germinate - BBC News
The seeds found between sediment layers have now germinated to bring back ancient aquatic plants.
www.bbc.com
February 24, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Few things contain so much hope as a seed.
"dormant seeds preserved in sediment... had germinated, bringing back a variety of aquatic plants, including rare fen pondweed."
"More than 90 wetland plant species have emerged from the preserved dormant seeds"
#MacrophyteMonday @carlsayer.bsky.social
"dormant seeds preserved in sediment... had germinated, bringing back a variety of aquatic plants, including rare fen pondweed."
"More than 90 wetland plant species have emerged from the preserved dormant seeds"
#MacrophyteMonday @carlsayer.bsky.social
Today I'm sharing an aquatic plant I don't encounter very often: mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris). It can be fully submersed, or totally out of the water. It grows fully submersed in a river near me; here's a great photo of a bed in a lake. 📷 E. Elgin
#MacrophyteMonday (1/3)
#MacrophyteMonday (1/3)
November 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Today I'm sharing an aquatic plant I don't encounter very often: mare's tail (Hippuris vulgaris). It can be fully submersed, or totally out of the water. It grows fully submersed in a river near me; here's a great photo of a bed in a lake. 📷 E. Elgin
#MacrophyteMonday (1/3)
#MacrophyteMonday (1/3)
Can you distinguish native waterweed from invasive hydrilla? #MacrophyteMonday
Common waterweed (Elodea canadensis) is an important native aquatic plant in Michigan waters. Unfortunately, because we're used to seeing it, we might not notice the aggressive invader, hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata). Can you tell the difference? (1/n) 🧵#MacrophyteMonday
March 31, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Can you distinguish native waterweed from invasive hydrilla? #MacrophyteMonday
A reason why the Wissey is such a favourite river, besides its troutfulness, is the milky way of River Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans) blooms that are its coverlet at this time of year. #Rivers #chalkstreams #Norfolk
#Wildflowerhour #flower #MacrophyteMonday #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature 2/23
#Wildflowerhour #flower #MacrophyteMonday #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature 2/23
June 28, 2026 at 10:22 PM
A reason why the Wissey is such a favourite river, besides its troutfulness, is the milky way of River Water Crowfoot (Ranunculus fluitans) blooms that are its coverlet at this time of year. #Rivers #chalkstreams #Norfolk
#Wildflowerhour #flower #MacrophyteMonday #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature 2/23
#Wildflowerhour #flower #MacrophyteMonday #wildlife #ukwildlife #nature 2/23
I get calls about these every summer from concerned lakefront residents. Who knows what they are?
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
December 9, 2024 at 5:56 PM
I get calls about these every summer from concerned lakefront residents. Who knows what they are?
#MacrophyteMonday
#MacrophyteMonday
Love to see #MacrophyteMonday making the journey over to Bluesky!
November 18, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Love to see #MacrophyteMonday making the journey over to Bluesky!
We're excited to follow along! #MacrophyteMonday
Earth Day is not only for the Earth! But also for all #freshwaters that dot continents! Stay tuned for new discoveries on #macrophytes! The iMAD project - development of the Italian MAcrophytes Database - a PNRR project supported by the Italian #NBFC has begun… @imad-macro.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 3:07 AM
We're excited to follow along! #MacrophyteMonday
Here's a nice aquatic plant.
Lovely fern pondweed, Potamogeton robbinsii. It's fairly common in Michigan lakes - you can see it laying down down on the bottom in good-sized patches, often with a reddish hue.
#MacrophyteMonday
Lovely fern pondweed, Potamogeton robbinsii. It's fairly common in Michigan lakes - you can see it laying down down on the bottom in good-sized patches, often with a reddish hue.
#MacrophyteMonday
December 30, 2024 at 3:23 PM
Here's a nice aquatic plant.
Lovely fern pondweed, Potamogeton robbinsii. It's fairly common in Michigan lakes - you can see it laying down down on the bottom in good-sized patches, often with a reddish hue.
#MacrophyteMonday
Lovely fern pondweed, Potamogeton robbinsii. It's fairly common in Michigan lakes - you can see it laying down down on the bottom in good-sized patches, often with a reddish hue.
#MacrophyteMonday
This seems like a good day to avoid getting too technical with #MacrophyteMonday and just share a lovely photo of aquatic plants that I took while kayaking in Michigan one lovely summer's day.
January 27, 2025 at 8:47 PM
This seems like a good day to avoid getting too technical with #MacrophyteMonday and just share a lovely photo of aquatic plants that I took while kayaking in Michigan one lovely summer's day.
While milfoil leaf whorls show 4 distinct leaves, each with an obvious midvein (3/n). #MacrophyteMonday
December 16, 2024 at 7:47 PM
While milfoil leaf whorls show 4 distinct leaves, each with an obvious midvein (3/n). #MacrophyteMonday
Your regular reminder to use words that mean something to your audience.
If you're working with non-scientists, "macrophyte" is probably not one of them. 😉
#MacrophyteMonday #scicomm
(I saw what you did there, @t-campy.bsky.social!)
If you're working with non-scientists, "macrophyte" is probably not one of them. 😉
#MacrophyteMonday #scicomm
(I saw what you did there, @t-campy.bsky.social!)
1st time #macrophytemonday contributor for our new JAPM paper on APM communication.
In short, the language on agency websites doesn't match w/how people are searching for APM info, making it tough to find.
Read more - www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/when-it...
#lakeplantmonday
In short, the language on agency websites doesn't match w/how people are searching for APM info, making it tough to find.
Read more - www.seagrant.wisc.edu/news/when-it...
#lakeplantmonday
When it comes to aquatic plant management, words matter
Millions of dollars are spent every year in Wisconsin to manage unwanted aquatic plants. Despite this, little funding or effort is dedicated to education specific to aquatic plant management. A Sea Gr...
www.seagrant.wisc.edu
February 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Your regular reminder to use words that mean something to your audience.
If you're working with non-scientists, "macrophyte" is probably not one of them. 😉
#MacrophyteMonday #scicomm
(I saw what you did there, @t-campy.bsky.social!)
If you're working with non-scientists, "macrophyte" is probably not one of them. 😉
#MacrophyteMonday #scicomm
(I saw what you did there, @t-campy.bsky.social!)