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Blitum bonus-henricus (syn. Chenopodium bonus-henricus), also called Good-King-Henry, [1] poor-man's asparagus, perennial goosefoot, Lincolnshire spinach, Markery, [2] English mercury, or mercury goosefoot, [3] is a species of goosefoot which is native to much of central and southern Europe.
These plants are placed in a pond or container usually 1–2 ft (0.30–0.61 m) below the water surface. Some of these plants act as oxygenators as they create oxygen for any animals which live in a pond. Examples of submerged plants are: Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum) Water-lilies (Nymphaeaceae) Lotus (Nelumbo spp.) Featherfoil (Hottonia ...
Due to its popularity as a pond plant, and subsequent escape into rivers, it has established as an invasive alien species in parts of Europe, Australia, Africa and Japan. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was one of five aquatic plants which were banned from sale in the UK from April 2014, and was the first prohibition of its kind there. [ 4 ]
Lincolnshire 53°30′38″N 0°13′35″W / 53.510515°N 0.226464°W / 53.510515; -0. Swallow is a small village and civil parish in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire , England, on the A46 road 4 miles (6.4 km) north-east from Caistor .
Ranunculus peltatus, the pond water-crowfoot, [2] is a plant species in the genus Ranunculus, native to Europe, southwestern Asia and northern Africa. [3] It is a herbaceous annual or perennial plant generally found in slow streams, ponds, or lakes. It has two different leaf types, broad rounded floating leaves 3–5 cm in diameter with three ...
There are four ponds with common and great crested newts. [58] Mountsorrel Meadows [59] 12.6 hectares (31 acres) Leicester: PP This site on the bank of the River Soar was farmland until 2006, but is now managed for wildlife. Areas of wet woodland have been created by a combination of planting and natural regeneration.
Callitriche stagnalis is a perennial aquatic vascular plant species. [1] Also known as pond water-starwort, C. stagnalis, may thrive in a variety of aquatic and subaquatic habitats, specially those exhibiting slowly moving to non-moving water. [1]
Nuphar polysepala, also known as the great yellow pond-lily, wokas, [3] or wocus, [4] is a perennial, [5] rhizomatous, aquatic [2] herb [6] in the genus Nuphar native to western North America. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It is commonly found in shallow muddy ponds from northern Alaska and Yukon southward to central California and northern New Mexico, and can ...