With further searching, I learned some new plant information today. The genus Sparganium is in the cattail family. The plant of 'basslover' is likely Sparganium emersum which has emergent and submerged growth forms. It has common names of unbranched burr reed, simple stem burr reed, floating leaved burr reed, European burr reed, and submerged Sparganium. It often grows submerged in streams. One unknown for me is how deep does it generally grow in the pond habitat? Growth depth is likely dependent on water clarity.
Links to more reading:
http://www.americansouthwest.net/plants/wildflowers/sparganium-emersum.html
http://science.halleyhosting.com/nature/basin/aquatic/sparganium/emersum.html
http://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/unbranched-bur-reed
http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&taxon_id=222000365
http://www.arkive.org/unbranched-bur-reed/sparganium-emersum/
http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Sparganium%20emersum

Last edited by Bill Cody; 07/16/16 08:51 PM.
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