Banana (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°27'50", Longitude 81°35'28"

Period of record: 96 sampling dates; May 4, 1990 to August 25, 1998

Surface area : No data available.

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Crescent City/DeLand Ridges

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by coastal sand and shelly silty sand of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Crescent City-Deland Ridge division of the Central Lake District.

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 96 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

2

7

21

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

100

390

1000

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

3.6

20.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

2.5

5.0

8.8

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.

 

Banana (Putnam County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on May 8, 1992

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

26

Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)

7

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

2.9

Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.4

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

0.5

Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)

24

Average lake depth (m)

1

Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

100

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

100

red root

Lachnanthes caroliniana

90

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

80

bog-moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

80

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

80

fragrant water-lily

Nymphaea odorata

70

St. John's wort

Hypericum spp.

60

southern cutgrass

Leersia hexandra

40

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

30

purple bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea

30

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

20

pipewort

Eriocaulon spp.

20

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

10

water spikerush

Eleocharis elongata

10

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