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31-08-2011, 12:29 PM
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| | | id for a pond plant
hello,
what's this pond plant? This is the 2nd plant to turn up in the pond, the other is celery leaved buttercup  |
31-08-2011, 12:35 PM
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| | | Re: id for a pond plant
Looks like Brooklime to me although leaf margins are not as jagged as in some of my pictures - but this could be variability.
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31-08-2011, 07:56 PM
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| | | Re: id for a pond plant
It looks like watercress to me see if it starts to get little white flowers on it. |
31-08-2011, 08:44 PM
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| | | Re: id for a pond plant
Yes, it's Watercress.
Brooklime leaves are serated as you said John, longer and with distinct pale veins.
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01-09-2011, 07:41 AM
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aah watercress, thank you Kayleigh and Dorts  |
01-09-2011, 08:04 AM
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I'm confused still, I've looked up watercress and it has pinnate leaves whereas this plant doesn't, I'm guessing it's too late in the year for it to flower but I will keep a watch for that.
Is there anything else this plant couild be?? |
01-09-2011, 08:42 AM
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My brooklime was a very tentative suggestion but those hexagonal leaves are of course watercress, duh 
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01-09-2011, 10:24 AM
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Originally Posted by metalfish  I'm confused still, I've looked up watercress and it has pinnate leaves whereas this plant doesn't, I'm guessing it's too late in the year for it to flower but I will keep a watch for that.
Is there anything else this plant couild be?? | I threw some in my pond a week ago and its staring to flower.. |
01-09-2011, 11:32 AM
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Originally Posted by metalfish I'm confused still, I've looked up watercress and it has pinnate leaves whereas this plant doesn't, I'm guessing it's too late in the year for it to flower but I will keep a watch for that.
Is there anything else this plant couild be?? | The young leaves are 'entire', they will become 'pinnate' on the flowering stems.
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01-09-2011, 02:24 PM
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| | | Re: id for a pond plant
The stream that runs through Langer Park, about 3/4 of a mile north of Landguard Common, is solid with Watercress, so may be the origin of yours. It disappears into a culvert at the southern end of the park and, as far as I can tell from Google Earth, doesn't re-emerge within the docks complex, but the route must pass close to the Common.
How does Watercress spread?
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