![]() Although we do not know for sure we assume the Lotus plant, like the Koi fish in the pond was placed there by someone. The Lotus plant is invasive to the White Park Pond as it will take over the pond in a couple of years. Due to the invasive growth habit of both species, the pond is at risk to become overgrown with Lotus if left uncontrolled. Neither species are currently listed by NHDES as an exotic aquatic species in New Hampshire. It is non-native to New England states and in Connecticut is listed as potentially invasive and prohibited under Connecticut General Statute. American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) is native to the southeast United States, Central America, and the Caribbean. ![]() There are two species of water Lotus known to exist in North America. Lotus is the primary plant genus of concern within the pond at this time. ![]() Original FY22 project was area in red, we are also now looking at the area in blue (Lotus plants) However, with the explosion of the Lotus plant we needed to step back from the original goal and we are now looking at an overall pond restoration project, one that looks at the immediate need to remove the Lotus plant that now covers half of the pond as well as the dredging of the area that was not completed in the 1980s. This area of the pond has not been previously dredged. Dredging will remove approximately 4 feet of material. In the FY22 CIP#51 budget, there was $210,000 approved to dredge and clean up the west end of the pond. The area known as the cove was not done at that time, and continues to be a weed problem each year, these weeds over time have expanded and are now infesting almost the entire edge of the pond. In the mid to late 1980s the City approved funds to dredge White Park pond and add stone to the bottom of the pond to prevent weed infestation.
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