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On 12/26/2014 10:27 AM, Burkhard Plache wrote:
> 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.
* in any event, try to get a specimen into the Nova Scotia Museum.
fred.
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> Burkhard
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> 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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