Like in past years, the back and forth of aquatic growth on Waverly and other Albany lakes has provided fodder for this blog over much of this summer. On a bike ride Monday I noticed yet another change.
The green carpet that covered Waverly Lake in early September was identified as Mexican water fern, a form of the species Azolla, and it was expected to dissipate with the autumn rains. Now that we’ve had a couple of days of light rain, chances are that conditions will soon change.
On Monday, I noticed there was still quite a bit of this Azolla stuff on the Swan Lakes, upstream of Waverly on Cox Creek…