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Index of Subjects Suggest you take some to the Museum on Natural History. Even native aquatics can be a problem in over rich waters and I expect non-natives would tend to be worse. DW ----- Original Message ----- From: "Burkhard Plache" <burkhardplache@gmail.com> To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2014 1:27 PM Subject: [NatureNS] Frog Pond (Halifax) - Non-native Aquatic > For a number of weeks now, I had noticed a heavy accumulation > of an aquatic herb at the shoreline of Frog Pond. > Initially I assumed it might be Ceratophyllum (hornwort) or > Myriophyllum (water milfoil), both reported from Nova Scotia. > > However, the plant has opposite leaves, which are fan-like, > finely divided. I am now certain it is a species of Cabomba, > most likely Cabomba caroliniana. > > The species is not native to NS, but used in aquariums. > Maybe this introduction was the result of an aquarium dump. > (Could have happened a few years back when a Gold Fish > or a Koi was seen in the pond.) > > In other regions of the world Cabomba is a problematic > invasive. Is it problematic here as well? > Have people seen this in other parts of Nova Scotia? > > > Wikipedia links to the species mentioned above: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratophyllum > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriophyllum > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabomba_caroliniana > > > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 2015.0.5577 / Virus Database: 4257/8805 - Release Date: 12/25/14 >
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