The Scenic Lawrence Brook - Plants (1)

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Invasives
- All  pictures have been taken along  the  Lawrence Brook

Aquatic plants  [invasives are indicated in red]

 fragrance of  candy  ducks eat its  seeds
Fragrant  waterlilly (Nymphaea odorata) Yellow pondlily 1
(Nuphar luteum)
Yellow pondlily  2
(Nuphar luteum)
Duckweed
(Lemna minor)
tubers were  an important source of starch   for  the Lenape  Arrowhead flower - August - Pickerel weed <br>(Pontederia cordata)
Arrowhead 1
(Sagittaria latifolia)
Arrowhead 2
(Sagittaria latifolia)
Arrowhead  3
(Sagittaria latifolia)
Pickerel weed
(Pontederia cordata)
little white flowers at  the  surface, dense green  mesh under water
Fanwort [invasive] 1
(Cabomba  caroliniana)
Fanwort   [invasive] 2
(Cabomba  caroliniana)
Water chestnut [invasive] 1
(Trapa natans)
Water chestnut [invasive] 2
(Trapa natans)
 possibly American lotus (Nelumbo lutea). Also  named marsh seedbox, Onagraceae family, native to  Florida, mostly  introduced by  fishtanks owners
American lotus 1
(Nelumbo lutea)
American lotus 2
(Nelumbo lutea)
American lotus 3
(Nelumbo lutea)
Water purslane [invasive]
(Ludwigia palustris)
unidentified
Broad-leaved Pondweed
(Potamogeton natans)
 Kidneyleaved mudplantain 1
(Heteranthera reniformis)
 Kidneyleaved mudplantain 2
(Heteranthera reniformis)
Watershield
(Brasenia schreberi)
Cattail (Typha  latifolia)
 
All pictures of this site have been  taken near the  Lawrence brook . Plants  usually  regarded as invasive are named in red . Thanks  for  reporting  errors .