INVASIVE AQUATIC PLANT SPECIES IN YORK COUNTY

_________________________________________________________________

Maine has 23 water courses* infested with 6 invasive aquatic plant species.

Of those 23 water courses in Maine, York County has 9 water bodies where 4 different invasive aquatic plant species have been detected.

 Current list of known infestations in York County

Click on plant names below for links to pictures and information about the plant.)

Curly-leaf pondweed

West Pond in Parsonsfield & Legion Pond in Kittery

European naiad (or European water nymph)

Legion Pond in Kittery

Northeast Pond/ Salmon Falls River

Hydrilla

Pickerel Pond in Limerick,

Variable leaf water-milfoil

Lake Arrowhead, Limerick/Waterboro

 Balch Lake (Pd.), Acton/Newfield

Little Ossipee River, Waterboro/Limerick/Limington

Ossipee River. Kezar Falls to State Line

Saco River, Dayton

Spaulding Pond, Lebanon

(Click on links above for pictures and information at Maine Volunteer Lakes Monitoring Program's

 Virtual Herbarium website and for the  Quick Key to Invasive Aquatic Plants

There are other infested water bodies close by in Oxford and Cumberland Counties (ME) and in several NH & MA water bodies.

(For the MA link to the MA waterbodies, go to page 34 of the pdf document or page 26 of the hard copy document to see a list of infested waterbodies.).

Many of the infestations are Variable leaf water-milfoil, but Eurasian water-milfoil has also been found in a private, un-named gravel pit pond in Scarborough, in a small pond in Brookfield, NH and also in a number of waterbodies in northern MA. 

Other invasive aquatic plant species – such as fanwort & water chestnut - also occur in NH & MA within a 1-2 hour car trip from York County.

     Prevention and education, early detection and rapid response are all important elements of an effort to manage the

threat that these invasive aquatic species present to our waterbodies.

For more information about the YCIASP:

Melissa Brandt, YCSWCD District Manager, Tel: 207-324-0888 ext. 214

Laurie Callahan, Aquatic Biologist, Tel: 802-258-1877

If you or your group would like info about Courtesy Boat Inspection (CBI) training or applications for ME DEP Cost Share Grants 

(for CBI efforts and IAP management) please contact:

Lakes Environmental Association (LEA), 207-647-8580,

LEA website, mailing address – 230 Main St., Bridgton, ME 04009

Also, visit the MCIAP pages at the Maine Volunteer Lake Monitoring Program (MEVLMP) to get more information about native

and invasive aquatic plants and for the 2011 Invasive Plant Patrol workshops schedule.

Additional invasive aquatic species information is available at ME Dept. of Env. Protection’s invasive aquatic plants web pages http://www.state.me.us/dep/blwq/topic/invasives/  and at ME Dept. of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife website http://www.maine.gov/ifw/fishing/index.htm