Sorry GatorAg, I can't help you, but have similar questions. So, maybe my bump will help us out.

I live in Pettis county Missouri and my small shaded pond will be full this spring. The pond only gets sun from mid morning to mid/late afternoon. It is now free of muck and should hit 10 feet deep at full pool. 60% of the sides are steeper than ideal due to the ravine it's made from however the shadiest portion is the shallow end and approximately 50 feet by 30 feet will have shallows from zero to 4 feet deep. In the past, I believe the crawdads kept the vegetation nonexistent by eating it and keeping visibility at nil (the old mucked in pond only had 2 feet of water in it).

Where do we start researching plant life for shaded pond?

Fish on!,
Noel