permaculture

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

Lawrence,

How about Hydrilla verticillata,
http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/hydrilla.html. It had invaded
Texas lakes in the 1960's & '70's.

Kevin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <lfl@intrex.net>
To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Pond Plant


> Kevin Topek wrote:
>
> > Looks like Parrot Feather, Myriophyllum aquaticum,
> > http://www.ecy.wa.gov/Programs/wq/plants/weeds/aqua003.html
>
> Thanks, Kevin. You can't see it in the pix but the stems on this plant are
thicker than
> parrotfeather and the little flat/wide/short dogeared leaves are arranged
in helix-like whorls
> along the stems which branch at long intervals. It builds up quite an
impenetrable mat that frogs
> and fish have a hard time getting through to get to the surface. I got it
from an aquarium store
> and they gave it a name ending, I think, with ...ix. I would like to get
it started in my 3 ponds
> to use up nutrients so I can harvest it for fertilizer and mulch.
>
> --
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