pond algae
Slimy water plants
Pond algae are the simple aquatic plants—often single-celled or forming filaments—that grow in still or slow-moving freshwater.
They range from the green film coating a pond's surface to stringy masses floating below.
In everyday speech, pond algae usually means the unwanted growth that makes water murky or slimy: The pond algae got so thick we couldn't see the fish.
- algal bloomSudden overgrowth in water
- summer bloomFlower of warm season
- cyanobacteriaPhotosynthetic bacteria producing oxygen
- bloomFlower or flourishing state
- eutrophicationExcess nutrients depleting oxygen
fish kill · green · diatoms · scum · euglena · photosynthesis · murky · stagnant · chlorophyll · water · green water · pea soup · surface · float · water temperature · lily · muck · food web
- pondscattails, lily pads, tadpoles, duckweed, reeds
- ponds and reservoirsmillpond, vernal pool, oxbow lake, quarry lake, boating lake
organism complexity
pond algaewater lilies
Aquatic flowering pond plants
lotus · flowering plants · cattails · trees · redwood