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Brazilian Waterweed
Description: Underwater stems rise from trailing, unbranched roots. Bright to dark green leaves are thickly arranged in groups of 4 to 6 leaves along slender stems. (Note: some lower leaves may occasionally occur in opposite pairs or in groups of 3 leaves.) The small flowers (2 cm in diameter) have three . . .
Fanwort
Description: Stems rise at intervals from slender roots. Fanwort has two distinct leaf types. Underwater leaves are finely divided, widely branched, and held apart from the stem on slender leaf stems, and looks like tiny fans with handles. The leaves are strictly arranged in opposite pairs along the main stem. The orderly formation of . . .
Parrot Feather
Description: Long unbranched stems arise from roots and creeping underground stems. Unburied creeping underground stems function as a support structure for unusual roots, and provide resilience for developing growth. Developing stems may grow to a height of 30 cm above the water surface. Slender, feather-divided leaves occur along the trailing stems . . .
Yellow Floating Heart
Description: Rounded to heart-shaped floating leaves rise on long stalks from rooted stems. Each rooted stem supports a loosely branched group of several leaves. Note that all heart-shaped floating leaved plants that are native to Maine produce only one leaf per rooted stem. The leaves are typically wavy (shallowly scalloped) along . . .
Water Chestnut
Description: Water chestnut has two distinct leaf types. The floating leaves are somewhat triangular (or fan shaped) in form, with clearly serrated along the outside edges. The upper surface of the leaf is glossy, the undersides covered with soft hairs. Habitat: Water chestnut grows in the floating-leaf and underwater plant community. It . . .
European Frog-Bit
Description: European frog-bit is a small free-floating water plant. Its small kidney or heart shaped leaves (1.5 to 6.5 cm long) are not anchored to the bottom sediments. Habitat: European frog-bit (or frog’s bit) is found in the floating-leaved plant community. It is a free-floating plant that thrives in open marsh . . .
CHIEF’S MESSAGE
Dear Tribal Citizens, I hope this letter finds you and your families well. I am writing to update you on the current situation related to the pandemic and adjustments that we will be making. Recently, we have experienced a surge of positive cases within the community and tribal staff and . . .
Biographies
Students will learn about the valuable contributions Penobscot people have made throughout American history. Teachers will find downloadable biographies of Penobscot people. This unit was designed to be used with the local assessment for the third and fourth grade social studies curriculum called Maine People, Maine Events. Course files
Staff
AdministrationCandy Henderly, Health DirectorNicole Fields, Assistant Health DirectorTricia Stewart, Purchased and Referred Care Coordinator Patricia Martin, Accounting Technician Lisa Mitchell, 3rd Party Billing Technician Nicholas Rossignol, Clinical Applications CoordinatorBrittney . . .
Available Properties
The Penobscot Nation Housing Department serves a variety of households (family and elderly) with a variety of rental housing (single family, and multi-family units) by providing affordable and safe rents to Penobscot Nation members listed on the Tribal Census. Following is a list of the properties. To see which ones . . .