Welcome to MyLakeWingra.org

... a living, breathing, environmentally growing lake in Madison, Wisconsin ...

Watch it rain on Lake Wingra. Or make it rain harder. Click on the picture to the right (in Internet Explorer), and drag the mouse around to see the evapotransporation process.

Or, just click around this site to see all the life in and around Lake Wingra.

Any problems or comments? Want to add your own images here? Just email me and attach a picture you've taken. Carly Garfield


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Click here to find out more about our living Lake Wingra:

Algae
Birds
Fish
Insects
Mammals
Plants
Trees
Zooplankton

 

 

Plants

 

Brasenia schreberi - Watershield

Ceratophyllum demersum - Coon's tail

Chara spp. - Muskgrass and Stonewort

Elodea canadensis - Canadian Waterweed

Filamentous algae

Heteranthera dubia - Water stargrass

Lemna minor - Common duckweed
Myriophyllum sibiricum - Northern watermilfoil

Myriophyllum spicatum - Eurasian watermilfoil

Najas flexilis - Nodding waternymph

Nelumbo lutea - American lotus

Nuphar variegata - Varigated yellow pond lily

Nymphaea odorata - Fragrant water lily

Polygonum amphibium - Water knotweed

Potamogeton amplifolius - Largeleaf pondweed

Potamogeton crispus - Curly pondweed

Potamogeton foliosus - Leafy pondweed

Potamogeton illinoensis - Illinois pondweed

Potamogeton natans - Floating-leaf pondweed

Potamogeton praelongus - Whitestem pondweed

Potamogeton pusillus - Small pondweed

Potamogeton richardsonii - Clasping-leaf pondweed

Potamogeton zosteriformis - Flat-stem pondweed

Stuckenia pectinata - Sago pondweed

Utricularia vulgaris - Swollen bladderwort

Vallisneria americana - American eelgrass

Zannichellia palustris - Horned pondweed