Some beautiful wildflowers and other interesting plants grow around the margin of the pond. The fruits of Meadow Beauty resemble tiny jugs. The golden yellow sunflower-like blossoms produce tiny fruits usually topped by two long or short awns. With a hand-lens, one can see the barbed hairs on the awns. The small greenish-white flowers make one or more conspicuous spirals around the slender stem.
Most local species have leaves at one time of the year and flowers at another.