I was out for a paddle today in Zone 1 and found two species I had not noticed in this part of the lake before. One is floating bladderwort (I had only seen it in Pennacook Cove previously). The second is a freshwater bryozoan growing on a submerged tree limb. There had been a small bryozoan colony growing adjacent to Rose & Dean's dock in Dolloff Cove several years ago, but this is a new occurrence just outside of Dolloff Cove. Both of these were found in grid 621.
Floating Bladderwort
Fresh Water Bryozoan - bryozoans are filter-feeding colonial animals. The gelatinous colonies are made up of hundreds to thousands of microscopic animals called zooids. They form a firm and slimy base which attaches to anything stationary below the surface of the water.
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