Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Common duck weed


Name: Lemna minor or lemnaceae
Location: Manshack
habitat: Moist mud flats in fresh and in intermediate marsh.
This plant is also known for growing over the surface of the water in thick green clumps. this stemless plant grows in bayous, canals, and ponds.
This plant is consumed by many animals like ducks, coots, gallinules, nutria, and certain types of fishes like striped mullet. Usually they eat the entire plant.


Karl Netzhammer

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