Cyperus papyrus
The lake includes areas of open water and shallow-water reed beds. Common reed bed plants in the southern lake include "Cyperus papyrus, Phragmites mauritianus", and "Vossia cuspidata". "Phragmites australis" and "Typha domingensis" are more common in the saltier northern lake. Nile lettuce ("Pistia stratiotes") is a floating plant that occasionally forms large beds across open-water areas.