Native plants

[TomO]

I want to collect native plants next year. It’s in the 30’s up here in northern Wisconsin. What do I need to keep in mind when collecting plants for my aquarium? Do I need to treat them with anything so I don’t possibly transmit undesirable animals with my plants?

[Daniel]

I frequently collect native plants here in North Carolina. The main thing to watch for on plants are snails and dragonfly larva if you don't want either.

But I have all kinds of weird stuff including tadpoles, stick insects and even fish show up in the plant collecting bucket.

[Renee]

I collect duckweed and hornwort from a river in N WI in Summer, but I worry about viral hemorrhagic disease from the river getting in my aquaria. I wash the plants with the hose and drain them several times. The fish eat them quickly. I'm trying to grow them in a bowl in an East window for the Winter.

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

I frequently collect native plants here in North Carolina. The main thing to watch for on plants are snails and dragonfly larva if you don't want either.

But I have all kinds of weird stuff including tadpoles, stick insects and even fish show up in the plant collecting bucket.

So I done some native hunting on my own wondering if you can help me to identify any of these ty in advance

[Daniel]

3 minutes ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

So I done some native hunting on my own wondering if you can help me to identify any of these ty in advance

 

This is the one that could be aquatic. Do you have a picture of where it came from? What county and state also.

 

 

 

 

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

3 minutes ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

So I done some native hunting on my own wondering if you can help me to identify any of these ty in advance

 

This is the one that could be aquatic. Do you have a picture of where it came from? What county and state also.

 

 

 

 

Wayne county Richmond Indiana 47374 and came from local pond everything I grabbed aside from one was growing literally under water

[Daniel]

Put the one I asked about back in some water while I am working on it. Don't worry about the grasses, or any of the ones below, they are not aquatic.

16 minutes ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

So I done some native hunting on my own wondering if you can help me to identify any of these ty in advance

 

 

 

 

[Casual aquatics]

So even if it grows in water don’t make it aquatic and I have it all chilling in a separate tank . Also not sure you seen it in pics but I got some miss too that was growing on a rock in the water

[Casual aquatics]

Thought this look kinda like a Val plant of sorts

[Casual aquatics]

This the moss that was on rock

[Daniel]

This one could be Alternanthera, which might grow submerged, not sure yet.

And yeah, just because it grows underwater, doesn't mean it will grow in your aquarium. Did the are look like the water was high?

5 minutes ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

Thought this look kinda like a Val plant of sorts

See how that plant is 'jointed'. That means it is a grass. The old botany saying is "Sedges have edges, and rushes are round, and grasses have joints (when cops aren't around)". So not a Val.

[Daniel]

1 minute ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

This the moss that was on rock

What happens to mosses (like the one in the picture above) from creeks and ponds is they cannot take the heat in our aquariums and die.

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

This one could be Alternanthera, which might grow submerged, not sure yet.

And yeah, just because it grows underwater, doesn't mean it will grow in your aquarium. Did the are look like the water was high?

5 minutes ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

Thought this look kinda like a Val plant of sorts

See how that plant is 'jointed'. That means it is a grass. The old botany saying is "Sedges have edges, and rushes are round, and grasses have joints (when cops aren't around)". So not a Val.

wow see I’d never new that and yes the one you said is AR was completely under water growing what about the stuff that looks like frogbit

[Daniel]

Just now, Wisnasky-tank said:

wow see I’d never new that and yes the one you said is AR was completely under water growing what about the stuff that looks like frogbit

I don't know what the 'frogbit' looking plant is yet. Doesn't look like a keeper though.

[Daniel]

But that 'frogbit' looking one might grow partially submerged and be a cool plant that grows out the top of your aquarium.

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

But that 'frogbit' looking one might grow partially submerged and be a cool plant that grows out the top of your aquarium.

So these are the aR

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Wisnasky-tank

Just now, Daniel

But that 'frogbit' looking one might grow partially submerged and be a cool plant that grows out the top of your aquarium.

So these are the aR

Nor best pic but give you idea on root structure in water

[Daniel]

Get a picture of the plants next time before you collect them so I can see the whole area. This is Bacopa caroliniana growing in a ditch.

Here is the ditch.

 

 

 

[Daniel]

1 minute ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

Nor best pic but give you idea on root structure in water

This looks you could have something interesting. Plant it and let's see what happens.

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

1 minute ago, Wisnasky-tank said:

Nor best pic but give you idea on root structure in water

This looks you could have something interesting. Plant it and let's see what happens.

Ok so to conclude. let the frogbit looking one float and plant the ARs the rest is waste that won’t or can’t grow?

[Daniel]

Just now, Wisnasky-tank said:

Ok so to conclude. let the frogbit looking one float and plant the ARs the rest is waste that won’t or can’t grow?

You got it!

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

Just now, Wisnasky-tank said:

Ok so to conclude. let the frogbit looking one float and plant the ARs the rest is waste that won’t or can’t grow?

You got it!

Ty so much

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

Just now, Wisnasky-tank said:

Ok so to conclude. let the frogbit looking one float and plant the ARs the rest is waste that won’t or can’t grow?

You got it!

Do you have Fb sir I wanted to give you Recognition in my Fb group about helping me on my adventure. Lord knows I wouldn’t of been able to decipher the real aquatic plants from. Ransoms that so happens to be growing by water

[Daniel]

I am not a FaceBook person. Your enthusiasm is amazing! It was fun looking at what you had found.

[Casual aquatics]

Just now, Daniel

I am not a FaceBook person. Your enthusiasm is amazing! It was fun looking at what you had found.

Went back through the park snagged two more ARs while getting pics for you