Sagittaria natans is a species of flowering plant in the water plantain family. The lough is vegetated with bur-reed and water plantain. Gynnidomorpha alismana, the water plantain conch, is a moth of the family Tortricidae. Collectively, they are commonly known as "water plantain". The notable wildlife includes Floating Water Plantain and Grass-wrack pondweed. Examples of these include the slender cotton grass and lesser water plantain. Some pond plants have subaerial leaves as well as submerged leaves (water plantain, flowering rush). When introduced to an area, water plantain can rapidly reproduce. Water plantain buttercup ("Ranunculus alismifolius") grows in wet meadows and banks up to , elevation. The water plantain "Alisma plantago-aquatica" has acute leaf tips not tapering to a stalk.