Lily (Clay County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 29°44'26", Longitude 82°1'25"

Period of record: 86 sampling dates; March 18, 1990 to November 11, 1999

Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 113 acres / 46 hectacres

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

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by quartz sand and quartzite gravel with sandy clay beds of the Hawthorne Formation.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Interlachen Sand Hills division of the Central Lake District.

 

Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.

Numbers reported below are the average for 2 months sampled:

pH

5.4

Sulfate (mg/L)

8.0

Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)

0.0

Calcium (mg/L)

2.0

Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)

56

Magnesium (mg/L)

1.0

Color (Pt-Co units)

6

Sodium (mg/L)

6.0

Chloride (mg/L)

11.0

Potassium (mg/L)

0.0

Silicon (mg/L)

0.1

 

 

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 86 months sampled:

 

Minimum

Average

Maximum

Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)

3

7

12

Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)

50

170

440

Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)

1.0

3.2

14.0

Long-term Secchi depth (ft)

6.3

11.5

19.0

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-01-99

4

120

.

16.2

Mar-13-99

6

130

1.0

15.2

Apr-27-99

8

180

2.5

17.5

Jun-06-99

7

190

2.7

12.8

Jul-02-99

6

170

3.7

10.5

Jul-21-99

6

160

3.3

16.0

Sep-12-99

7

140

3.3

12.6

Oct-04-99

7

170

4.0

13.3

Nov-11-99

7

160

2.0

13.2

 

 

 

 

 

1999 Average

6

160

2.8

14.2

Lily (Clay County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on July 28, 1997

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)

32

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

5

Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

3.9

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

1.1

Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)

1.4

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

22

Average lake depth (m)

4

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

Common Name

Plant Species

Frequency (%)

banana-lily

Nymphoides aquatica

100

Florida bladderwort

Utricularia floridana

90

slender spikerush

Eleocharis baldwinii

80

pickerelweed

Pontederia cordata

80

southern cutgrass

Leersia hexandra

70

spatterdock

Nuphar luteum

60

lemon bacopa

Bacopa caroliniana

60

sawgrass

Cladium jamaicense

60

maidencane

Panicum hemitomon

60

rush fuirena

Fuirena scirpoidea

50

red ludwigia

Ludwigia repens

30

bog-moss

Mayaca fluviatilis

30

pipewort

Eriocaulon spp.

30

St. John's wort

Hypericum spp.

30

dwarf arrowhead

Sagittaria subulata

20

purple bladderwort

Utricularia purpurea

20

buttonbush

Cephalanthus occidentalis

20

bald cypress

Taxodium distichum

20

water-pennywort

Hydrocotyle umbellata

10

wax myrtle

Myrica cerifera

10

torpedograss

Panicum repens

10

red root

Lachnanthes caroliniana

10

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