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["Kevin Topek" <ktopek@houston.rr.com>]

Looks like Parrot Feather, Myriophyllum aquaticum,
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/Programs/wq/plants/weeds/aqua003.html

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2007 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] How to build a herb spiral


> Kathy Evans wrote:
>
> > Graham, Thank you for posting this article. This brings up a
question....is
> > it possible to have a really small pond without some sort of pump to
> > refresh the water? Can you do it just with plants?
>
> Yes. I have one and it hosts frogs, aquatic plants and at one time
goldfish. The water is always clear.
>
> Here's a pix of it:
> http://www.ibiblio.org/ecolandtech/venaurafarm/duckweed3.jpg
>
> Can anyone name the long steemed aquatic plant in the picture? The other
is duckweed.
> The blackness is the clear depths of the pool, 3' at deepest point. In
profile it a half-cylinder (fiberglass)
> 3' at deepest X about 8' X 4' wide.
> --
> Lawrence F. London, Jr.
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