Fruitwood (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 28°40'55", Longitude 81°18'27"

Period of record: 75 sampling dates; December 14, 1991 to May 18, 1999

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 5 acres / 2 hectacres      Bathymetric Map

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Orlando Ridge

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 Casselberry-Oviedo-Geneva-Chuluota Hills division of the Central Lake District.

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 75 months sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
9
68
584
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
440
1030
6760
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
3.3
104.1
2515.7
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
0.9
3.4
7.4

1999 Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are monthly averages calculated from 3 stations for total phosphorus (TP, µg/L), total nitrogen (TN, µg/L), chlorophyll (CHL, µg/L) and Secchi depth (SECCHI, ft) during 1999:

Date
TP (µg/L)
TN (µg/L)
CHL (µg/L)
SECCHI (ft
Jan-17-99
35
1000
28.3
4.4
Feb-25-99
60
890
30.7
3.6
Mar-24-99
33
680
14.7
4.7
Apr-24-99
33
600
7.7
5.8
May-18-99
29
640
.
.
         
1999 Average
38
760
20.3
4.6

Fruitwood (Seminole County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 29, 1999

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
44
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
15
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
10.6
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.5
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.0
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
11
Average lake depth (m)
3

Frequency that plant species occur in 5 evenly spaced transects around the lake.

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
water primrose Ludwigia octovalvis
100
alligator-weed Alternanthera philoxeroides
100
flat-sedge Cyperus odoratus
100
torpedograss Panicum repens
100
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
80
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
80
red maple Acer rubrum
40
common salvinia Salvinia rotundifolia
20
spatterdock Nuphar luteum
20
lizard's-tail Saururus cernuus
20
salt-bush Baccharis spp.
20
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
20
yellow-eyed grass  
20
umbrella sedge Cyperus alternifolius
20
elderberry Sambucus canadensis
20
jointed flat sedge Cyperus haspan
20
sweetbay Magnolia virginiana
20
. Fimbristylis spp.
20
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
20

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