Corkscrew eelgrass, american or Illinois pondweed, dwarf hybrid lilies are all what we consider "good" macrophytes. Some periodic management might be necessary, but these respond to manual removal and herbicides readily.

Sedges, rushes, and arrowhead are good emergents welcome at my ponds, in fact, I propagate them every Spring to help with shoreline protection.

Chara is a macro algae that behaves and looks like vegetation [coontail] - it can get dense but I find it ok to manage and GC will also help manage it. It can appear on it's own whether you welcome it or not.

There are several other more dense types of pondweeds [sago, horned, brushy, etc.] that can get a bit trickier to manage but you should see several of these cultivars establish themselves naturally.


Is this a newly constructed pond?

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. ~ Henry David Thoreau

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