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#1 brannon67

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Posted 17 November 2014 - 03:40 PM

Guys, whats the aquatic plant called, that looks alot like a green fern? I saw alot of it in Ponce De Leon Springs....

#2 al10

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Posted 17 November 2014 - 03:58 PM

Hoenwort? Anypics?

#3 al10

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Posted 17 November 2014 - 03:58 PM

Hornwort not hoenwort.

#4 brannon67

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 09:41 AM

Thanks. Now thats not native to the springs is it? Or is it? I need to take some college classes or do some extensive reading on this stuff, then mayby I would know something and could identify.

#5 al10

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 09:48 AM

It can grow in cold water, but also hydrilla is in springs a lot.

#6 brannon67

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 11:57 AM

Gotcha, thanks for the info.

#7 al10

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 12:02 PM

Your welcome, ny pics of it?

#8 Isaac Szabo

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 12:14 PM

I can't think of any aquatic plants I've seen in the FL springs that look like a typical terrestrial fern. I wouldn't think of hornwort or hydrilla as fern-like, and there are many other aquatic plants found in the springs. It can be difficult to describe an unknown thing, especially without having experience with similar things as reference points. You would probably have to post a photo of it to get any creditable answers. If that's not possible, then you could look through some ID resources until you find something similar and then go from there. This shows a few of the common aquatic plants found in FL: http://myfwc.com/med...tidentifier.pdf

#9 brannon67

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 01:21 PM

It looks fern like, but bigger and thicker. I took pics of some of it in the sprin run. I will try to post. Its not like an asparagus fern. It looks more like the Maiden hair fern, or mayby a Bostern fern, but darker in color.

Edited by brannon67, 18 November 2014 - 01:23 PM.


#10 al10

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 02:30 PM

Is it flatish, or more round?

#11 brannon67

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 03:03 PM

I will have to look at my pics when I get home, to make sure. Hold on, I will answer that a little later.

#12 al10

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 04:22 PM

Ok, if it flat I have no clue, if looks round its probaly hornwort.

#13 brannon67

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 08:55 PM

Ok, guys, after looking at my pics, and looking at pics on line, I have figured it out. It is a species of Hydrilla. Its a cool looking aquatic plant, but its invasive, and doesnt belong in the lakes and springs. Sad.....

Edited by brannon67, 18 November 2014 - 08:58 PM.


#14 brannon67

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 08:56 PM

Thank you guys for taking the time to answer my question. Thanks for the info.

#15 al10

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Posted 18 November 2014 - 09:34 PM

Your welcome, if you like hydrilla looking plants try anacharis, it is in the same family, helps with algae, and grows the exact same but isn't invasive, mostly because alittle slower growing, and kinda sensitive when moved from different conditions.

#16 brannon67

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Posted 19 November 2014 - 09:39 AM

When my wife and I were walking the trail along the spring run, we saw the hydrilla in the spring run, and by just looking at it, and not knowing, and be ing ignorant to the fact, that this plant species itself, is invasive to the natural flora/fauna and over all health to the inhabitants of the spring, and to the spring itself. It takes vital oxygen away from native aquatic plants, and also the aquatic animals. Just by looking at it, it looks pretty. and looks like it belongs there. Looks can be deceiving I guess.

#17 al10

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Posted 19 November 2014 - 09:43 AM

Yeah, I once got some from a spring but threw it out because its invasive.

#18 brannon67

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Posted 19 November 2014 - 10:32 AM

Yeah, its deceptive and invasive alright. Its a really cool, pretty plant, like I said, it really looks like it belongs in a spring run, river, etc, but it doesnt. Ha, my wife said"Hey, look at the cool looking fern like plant in the spring run" Ha.

#19 gerald

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Posted 19 November 2014 - 11:50 AM

Hydrilla and Anacharis (Egeria) are BOTH non-native and invasive, but Hydrilla is usually a worse trouble-maker.
Elodea canadensis and E. nuttalli look similar to Hydrilla, and they are native over much of the USA.

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#20 brannon67

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Posted 19 November 2014 - 11:53 AM

Milfoil is another one....




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