NEBRASKA WILD-DUCK FOODS. 77 
PHALAROPE LAKE, GARDEN COUNTY. 
October 3, 1915.^ 
Description. — Alkaline water; average greatest depth, 3 feet; bottom sandy. 
No inlet or outlet. 
Distribution of Vegetation, 
shoee plants. 
About as for Moffitt Lake. 
SEMIStTBMEEGED PLANT. 
Dominant: 
1. Three-square (Scirpus americanus). The [ 
only one. I 
SUBMEEGDD PLANT. 
2. Sago pondweed (Potamogeton pectinatus). I 
The only plant growing submerged. 
Wild-duck foods. — Both plants in the above list have considerable value as 
food for wild ducks. 
