In a message dated 5/25/2004 11:37:53 PM Eastern Standard Time,
 writes:

> spatterdock."  Just tell me...what is it?  The
> grass-like vegetation, or the leafy stuff?  Let me know. This has been
> driving me crazy.
>
>

Frank,
 Spatterdock, also spelled spatter-dock, aka, Cow-lily, yellow Pond-lily. It
is the water lily with the tight yellow flowers which is all over the large
impoundment on the left at Hughes Hollow, refered to in the Birders Guide to
Montgomery County write up for Hughes Hollow as "bull-lily" which may or may not
be the same species.

Nuphar luteum, N. macrophyllum, and N. sagittifolium.

Rick Sussman
Ashton,MD