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Index of Subjects I am not too familiar with bladderwort. The Frog Pond specimen has clearly opposite leaves along the stalk, which does not appear to be the case for bladderwort. I will send a photo later tonight. Burkhard On Fri, Dec 26, 2014 at 11:04 AM, Nicholas Hill <fernhillns@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you send an image of your aquatic? > No reports of Cabomba here that I can see. Have you considered the > bladderworts (e.g, purple bladderwort)? > Nick > > On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Burkhard Plache > <burkhardplache@gmail.com> wrote: >> 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
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