Uh, very weird plant.
It almost looks like what hydrilla v. would look like if it grew emersed. Not sure what it is though.
It almost looks like what hydrilla v. would look like if it grew emersed. Not sure what it is though.
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I found this plant floating about in pieces while taking pictures of other aquatic plants. Anyone know what it is? (This is in South East Texas) . The leaves appear to be very 'spiny' and small. All I could find of it were bits and pieces, no long stems.
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I don't think it is Hydrilla. It looks kind of like a club moss (Lycopodium)---a seedless vascular plant, and not aquatic. The picture is from
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/lycopodium-lucidulum060727-3857bchmtnz.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/clubmosses.htm&usg=__u3MiiMwJfnxzD8dn-9b6OINlQtI=&h=481&w=500&sz=29&hl=en&start=10&tbnid=0VudZEmzcl520M:&tbnh=125&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLycopodium%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
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http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/lycopodium-lucidulum060727-3857bchmtnz.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.duke.edu/~jspippen/plants/clubmosses.htm&usg=__u3MiiMwJfnxzD8dn-9b6OINlQtI=&h=481&w=500&sz=29&hl=en&start=10&tbnid=0VudZEmzcl520M:&tbnh=125&tbnw=130&prev=/images%3Fq%3DLycopodium%26gbv%3D2%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
Not to be difficult but I don't think it is a club moss. Mosses don't develop axial roots as the collected plant has (see top right of second picture - a small white root). Also the collected plant has spines on the leaves and I don't think club mosses have those.
Perhaps grow it out and maybe when it converts to submersed growth then we will have a better idea of what it is. Otherwise if it dies... then it wasn't aquatic
Perhaps grow it out and maybe when it converts to submersed growth then we will have a better idea of what it is. Otherwise if it dies... then it wasn't aquatic
Zapins is being difficult! :wink:
-Dave
Mmmm. I didn't bring any home since I didn't find it all that attractive. But, I'll be going back there in a couple weeks to look at the tree plantings. I'll hunt in that same spot and see if I can find some more that has matured.Perhaps grow it out and maybe when it converts to submersed growth then we will have a better idea of what it is. Otherwise if it dies... then it wasn't aquatic
-Dave
Some of the most attractive plants don't look so hot when you find them. The first time we saw Rotala ramosior, most of it was unattractive, gangly submersed growth with long internodes and small leaves. Not at all what it can be if you take care of it! Most things are worth a shot, even if they don't look like Plant of the Year material right off the bat.
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