Wildlife
The following charts include species found in wetland, grazed wet meadow, forested wetland and aquatic environments in and around Lake Buel.
| Animals | Species |
| Fishes |
Black Crappie, Bluegill, Brook Trout, Brown Bullhead, Brown Trout, Chain Pickerel, Largemouth Bass, Pumpkinseed, Rainbow Trout, Rock Bass, White Perch, and Yellow Perch; White Sucker, Minnows, Northern Pike (introduced in 1979 ), Bridle Shiner, Common Shiner, Fallfish, and Golden Shiner. Tiger muskies (introduced in 1997). |
| Reptiles |
Common Snapping Turtle, Wood Turtle, Spotted Turtle and Painted Turtle. |
| Amphibians |
Common Mudpuppy, Dusky Salamander, Eastern Newt, Spring Peeper, Green Frog, Bullfrog, and Northern Leopard Frog. |
| Mammal |
American Beaver and Muskrat. American Mink have not been observed at the Lake, but likely use the perimeter and wetlands. |
| Zooplankton |
Daphnia sp., Bosmina sp., Diaptomus sp., Lyngbya sp., Oscillatoria sp.. |
| Plants | Species |
| Aquatic plants |
Eurasian Water Milfoil (invasive), Rigid Hornwort, Fragrant Water Lily, Chara sp., Common Bladderwort, Wild Celery, Slender Naiad, Water-shield, Common Duckweed, Common Pondweed, Water Buttercup, Curly-leaf Pondweed (invasive), Largeleaf Pondweed, Illinois Pondweed, Robbins' Pondweed, and White-stemmed Pondweed; Pickerelweed and Bullhead Lily; Sagittaria sp. and Elodea sp.. |
| Trees |
Speckled Alder, Red Maple, Red Osier Dogwood, Yellow Birch, Paper Birch, American Hornbeam, Tamarack Larch, American Elm, and Eastern White Pine; Black Willow; Eastern Cottonwood. |
| Shrubs |
Leather Leaf, American Winterberry, Swamp Rose, Bog Myrtle, Broadleaf Meadowsweet, and Arrow-wood Viburnum; Shrubby Cinquefoil; Witch Hazel; Baby Rose. |
| Poales |
Common Reed, River Bulrush, Tussock Sedge, Narrow Leaf Cattail, and Giant Bur-reed; Reed Canary Grass; Timothy-grass; Water Sedge. |
| Herbs |
Harlequin Blueflag, Garden Angelica, Rough Avens, Curled Dock, and Upright Bedstraw; Common Milkweed. |
| Wildflowers |
Goldenrod sp. and Joe-Pye Weed; Field Thistle and Meadow Buttercup; True Forget-me-not and common Jewelweed. |
| Ferns |
Sensitive Fern and Cinnamon Fern; Flowering Fern. |
| Vines |
Nightshade (invasive). |
| Scouring rushes |
Field Horsetail. |
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