Callitriche is common in fresh water in the UK, and from my botany books the appearance is similar for a couple of species. I'm not totally convinced, however.
Stansty, why not post your photos on iSpot? They are great at ID over there. www.ispotnature.org
Edd, you are right, there are lots of alien plants (love that expression, makes me think of plants in spacesuits!)
Hello, sorry for the late reply and thanks for all of yours. To answer some of your questions:
The weed is currently growing in water from 18 inches to 4 foot. Its currently completely submerged and seems to be staying that way. Its growing with interconnecting roots which break off easily as individual plants. The water movement in the lake since Autumn has been low as the fountain is out for maintenance over winter. I'll try to get an in situ picture for you now. And apologies in advance as I'm doing all this on my phone! Thanks again.
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Callitriche is common in fresh water in the UK, and from my botany books the appearance is similar for a couple of species. I'm not totally convinced, however.
Stansty, why not post your photos on iSpot? They are great at ID over there. www.ispotnature.org
Edd, you are right, there are lots of alien plants (love that expression, makes me think of plants in spacesuits!
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A bit more info from stansty might help
In the sticks near Peterborough
The weed is currently growing in water from 18 inches to 4 foot. Its currently completely submerged and seems to be staying that way. Its growing with interconnecting roots which break off easily as individual plants. The water movement in the lake since Autumn has been low as the fountain is out for maintenance over winter. I'll try to get an in situ picture for you now. And apologies in advance as I'm doing all this on my phone! Thanks again.
Thanks for the ispot suggestion landgirl. I'll head over there too.