SCIENTIFIC SURVEY OF TURNER'S LAKE 13 
Sparganium minimum Fries. This bur-reed has been recorded in 
cold, shallow waters from Labrador to Alaska, Oregon and New 
Jersey. Seven or eight species of bur-reed are known to occur in 
northeastern North America. | 
Potamogeton epihydrus Raf. Pondweed. Only a few single 
plants found at the north end of the lake, all with submerged leaves. 
Of the thirty or more species and subspecies of Potamogeton 
recorded from the northeastern United States, only one seems to 
have become established in the lake. Moore* found seven species 
growing in greater or less abundance in Cayuga Lake, New York, 
and Baker * investigating the conditions in Oneida Lake, New York, 
reported ten. | 
In ponds and streams, Newfoundland to British Columbia, North 
Carolina and Iowa. 
Leersia oryzoides (1.) Sw. Rice Cut-grass. This is the common 
form found in swamps and along streams from Newfoundland to 
Oregon, south to Florida and Texas. 
Calamagrostis canadensis (Michx.) Beauv. Blue-joint grass. 
The typical form is found in wet places from Newfoundland to 
British Columbia, North Carolina, New Mexico and California. 
Dulichium arundinaceum (1...) Britton. Occurs in wet places 
and along borders of ponds from Newfoundland to Ontario, Minne- 
sota, Washington, Texas and Florida. 
Scirpus cyperinus var pelius Fernald. Wool grass. The variety 
pelius is the common form from Newfoundland to Ontario south to 
Connecticut, New York and Michigan. In Turner’s Lake found 
in shallow water near outlet. 
Carex lurida Wahlenb. Sedge. Swamps and wet meadows from 
Nova Scotia to Minnesota, Nebraska, Texas and Florida. The only 
member of the genus found in Turner’s Lake. 
Ertocaulon septangulare With. Pipewort. Common at both north 
and south ends of the lake and in patches along the west shore. It is 
generally distributed from Newfoundland to Ontario, Minnesota, 
Florida and Texas. 
Juncus militarts Bigelow. Rush. Lake margin particularly at 
south end. Nova Scotia to northern New York and Maryland. 
Nymphaea advena var. variegata (Engelm.) Fernald. Yellow cow 
lily. In mud bottomed areas at southwest end of lake and in scattered 
patches along west shore; a large patch in shallow water at north 
1. Bull. Bur. Fisheries. 1913, 33 :261-268 
2. Tech. Pub. No. 9, N. Y. State College of Forestry, 1918, 18:51 
