 The underwater vegetation is richly developed.The shoreline is densely populated up to depths of with starry stonewort, or "Nitellopsis obtusa".In the shallower areas, major species include "Myriophyllum spicatum", "Elodea nuttallii", "Potamogeton lucens", and "Potamogeton perfoliatus", as well as numerous other species of pondweed.