Mirror (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Water Chemistry Summary

Location: Latitude 27°16'32", Longitude 81°21'38"

Period of record: 1 sampling date; June 25, 1996

Surface area (LAKEWATCH): 101 acres / 41 hectacres      Bathymetric Map

Lake Region (Griffith et al. 1997): Southern Lake Wales Ridge

Geologic formation (Brooks 1981):

The geology is dominated by deeply weathered beach and dune sand with some clay lenses of the preglacial Pleistocene.

Physiographic region (Brooks 1981):

The water body lies in the Eastern Complex of the Central Ridge subdivision of the Lake Wales Ridge 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Supplemental, unpublished water chemistry data, University of Florida.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
5.9
 Sulfate (mg/L)
12.4
Total alkalinity (mg/L as CaCO3)
0.7
 Calcium (mg/L)
2.5
Conductance (µS/cm @ 25 °C)
101
 Magnesium (mg/L)
3.3
Color (Pt-Co units)
6
 Sodium (mg/L)
6.6
Chloride (mg/L)
16.9
 Potassium (mg/L)
4.0
Silicon (mg/L)
0.2
    

Long-term Florida LAKEWATCH Data

Numbers reported below are the minimum, average, and maximum value for the 1 month sampled:

 
Minimum
Average
Maximum
Long-term total phosphorus concentrations (µg/L)
7
7
7
Long-term total nitrogen concentrations (µg/L)
400
400
400
Long-term total chlorophyll concentrations (µg/L)
2.0
2.0
2.0
Long-term Secchi depth (ft)
18.8
18.8
18.8

Florida LAKEWATCH data were not collected in 1999.
 
 

Mirror (Highlands County)

Florida LAKEWATCH Aquatic Plant Summary

Aquatic plant data collected on August 7, 1996

Percent area covered with aquatic vegetation (PAC, %)
22
Percent of lake's volume filled with vegetation (PVI, %)
1
Average emergent plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
3.2
Average floating-leaved plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
0.4
Average submersed plant biomass (kg wet wt/m2)
1.1
Average width of emergent and floating-leaved zone (ft.)
82
Average lake depth (m)
7

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

Common Name Plant Species
Frequency (%)
slender spikerush Eleocharis baldwinii
90
maidencane Panicum hemitomon
90
torpedograss Panicum repens
90
Florida bladderwort Utricularia floridana
90
red ludwigia Ludwigia repens
80
water primrose Ludwigia octovalvis
80
water spinach Ipomoea aquatica
70
water-pennywort Hydrocotyle umbellata
50
melaleuca Melaleuca quinquenervia
50
buttonbush Cephalanthus occidentalis
50
para grass Brachiaria mutica
50
smartweed Polygonum hydropiperoides
40
pickerelweed Pontederia cordata
30
rush fuirena Fuirena scirpoidea
30
spatterdock Nuphar luteum
10
fragrant water-lily Nymphaea odorata
10
cat-tail Typha spp.
10
cone-spur bladderwort Utricularia gibba
10
Brazilian pepper Schinus terebinthifolius
10
salt-bush Baccharis spp.
10
wax myrtle Myrica cerifera
10
flat-sedge Cyperus odoratus
10
southern water-grass Hydrochloa caroliniensis
10
southern cutgrass Leersia hexandra
10
water spikerush Eleocharis elongata
10
leconte sedge Cyperus lecontei
10
bald cypress Taxodium distichum
10

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