August 23,
Boxford State Forest, Boxford
A tiny pond with spatterdock.
The upright leaves resemble a southern species N. advena , whose presence in Massachusetts is confirmed in the
Flora of the Northeast by Magee & Ahles (1999: as
N. lutea ssp. advena ) , though according to the latest treatment of Nuphar by Padgett (2007), this species does not reach our
state.