Live Oak (Osceola County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary
Location: Latitude 28°13'54", Longitude 81°14'2"
Period of record: 10 sampling dates; October 22, 1997 to August 16, 1998
Surface area (Shafer et al. 1986): 375 acres / 152 hectacres
Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Osceola Slope
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 Kissimmee Valley division of the Eastern Flatwoods District.
Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.
Numbers reported below are the average for 4 months sampled:
|
pH |
6.9 |
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3) |
9.3 |
|
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C) |
137 |
Magnesium (mg/L) |
4.6 |
|
Color (Pt-Co units) |
22 |
Sodium (mg/L) |
10.9 |
|
Chloride (mg/L) |
25.6 |
Potassium (mg/L) |
3.4 |
|
Calcium (mg/L) |
4.5 |
|
|
Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data
Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 10 months sampled:
|
|
Minimum |
Average |
Maximum |
|
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L) |
11 |
15 |
19 |
|
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L) |
320 |
470 |
640 |
|
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L) |
3.0 |
4.6 |
7.0 |
|
Long-term Secchi depth (ft) |
3.0 |
4.5 |
6.3 |
Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.
Live Oak (Osceola County)
Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary
Aquatic plant data collected on July 12, 1994
|
Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %) |
18 |
|
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %) |
2 |
|
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
1.5 |
|
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
1.5 |
|
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2) |
0.1 |
|
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.) |
82 |
|
Average lake depth (m) |
3 |
Frequency that plant species occur in 10 evenly spaced transects around the lake.
|
Common Name |
Plant Species |
Frequency (%) |
|
pickerelweed |
Pontederia cordata |
100 |
|
water primrose |
Ludwigia octovalvis |
100 |
|
leconte sedge |
Cyperus lecontei |
90 |
|
wax myrtle |
Myrica cerifera |
80 |
|
duck-potato |
Sagittaria lancifolia |
70 |
|
spatterdock |
Nuphar luteum |
60 |
|
red ludwigia |
Ludwigia repens |
50 |
|
giant bulrush |
Scirpus californicus |
50 |
|
willow |
Salix spp. |
40 |
|
sawgrass |
Cladium jamaicense |
30 |
|
big rose mallow |
Hibiscus grandiflorus |
30 |
|
common salvinia |
Salvinia rotundifolia |
20 |
|
slender spikerush |
Eleocharis baldwinii |
20 |
|
fragrant water-lily |
Nymphaea odorata |
20 |
|
water-pennywort |
Hydrocotyle umbellata |
20 |
|
buttonbush |
Cephalanthus occidentalis |
20 |
|
pipewort |
Eriocaulon spp. |
20 |
|
yellow-eyed grass |
Xyris spp. |
20 |
|
floating water-hyacinth |
Eichhornia crassipes |
10 |
|
lemon bacopa |
Bacopa caroliniana |
10 |
|
bacopa |
Bacopa monnieri |
10 |
|
torpedograss |
Panicum repens |
10 |
|
cordgrass |
Spartina bakeri |
10 |
|
rush fuirena |
Fuirena scirpoidea |
10 |
|
St. John's wort |
Hypericum spp. |
10 |
|
red root |
Lachnanthes caroliniana |
10 |
|
bladderwort |
Utricularia foliosa |
10 |