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deeleywoman
06-16-2009, 11:48 PM
anyone know how i can find out exactly what sort of aquatic plants are native to my area?
deeleywoman
06-18-2009, 2:04 PM
bumpity bump-bump >.>
This might help
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_cat.php?category=6
timwag2001
06-18-2009, 2:16 PM
go to your local lakes?
SMinNC
06-18-2009, 4:10 PM
I gotta be bored to go wandering around like I just did. ;)
From the few I looked at. These will probably only get as close to aquatic, as a palidarium inviroment?
But before I loose the page forever...
http://www.yorkcounty.gov/WISE/plants.htm
deeleywoman
06-18-2009, 4:45 PM
go to your local lakes?
omfg, wouldn't my mom just love me if i showed up on her doorstep with an armful of wet, muddy plants, asking her if she felt like reviewing for her plant id courses some more? :rofl:
.......and SM, you're amazing. <3 now, to figure out which of these are actually aquatic.... >.>
edit: dangit, none are. but, you've given me a good start, and entertained the geeky side of me :D
timwag2001
06-18-2009, 5:18 PM
i cant help myself now that i have a planted tank. i'm always looking for cool freebies in local rivers and lakes
deeleywoman
06-18-2009, 5:48 PM
oh, i don't doubt it, especially in this economy lmao
i wonder what my mom would say if i asked her to come over to my house, climb the fence around the reservoir, and crawl through the mud to find out what scooter's relatives are eating out there. ^_^
JoeLaX28
06-18-2009, 7:01 PM
Do you have any local nature centers? They could probably help you.
247Plants
06-18-2009, 7:09 PM
If you go out collecting This Site (http://aquat1.ifas.ufl.edu/) may help you identify them.
It is run by a Florida agency but the plants are pretty universal.
deeleywoman
06-18-2009, 7:13 PM
i have lots of museums and organizations in this area; i live in virginia's historic triangle, at the mouth of the chesapeake bay, so i'm surrounded by academia ^_^
i keep referring to my mom because she's a horticulture student who's been emersed (pun intended) in ID courses for all sorts of different types of flora and fauna for several years now, and she's a geek like me who can't drive down the highway without looking at the trees and flowers and marsh grasses and, and, and...... lmao
msjinkzd
06-18-2009, 7:14 PM
i would check on nanfa
deeleywoman
06-18-2009, 7:17 PM
i'm looking on nanfa, ms j, but don't see where i should be looking....
Sunshinessmile
06-18-2009, 8:30 PM
you dont live to far from me... I will be watching this! I'll look to see what I can find as well.
EDIT: I found this... talking about invasive species in MD I can't imagine they are too different from VA. Its a basic start....
http://www.mdinvasivesp.org/list_aquatic_plants.html
deeleywoman
06-18-2009, 8:47 PM
i was wondering if that was the same "eastern shore" i know and love ^_^
i did find an interesting link within the VIMS website, sunshine. it covers a whole spectrum of bay ecosystem subjects. =)
http://www.vims.edu/bayinfo/wetlandreports/index.php
Sunshinessmile
06-19-2009, 10:25 AM
Yes it is! I live about 20-25 mins from Assateague Island/ Ocean City :-) I went to the lake out back today to see what was growing there. pretty disappointed I must say, however it is a manmade lake... so good things take time
thats a very good link!
Death Pony
06-19-2009, 11:04 AM
Hey, I go to school a few miles away from Yorktown and my art gallery is located there!!!
There are a few aquatic plants that I've seen in lakes in the Newport News area (along with some monster snapping turtles). I suggest going with an open top tank if you get some local plants so they can grow to their full potential. Make sure to quarantine them thoroughly.
deeleywoman
06-19-2009, 2:18 PM
oh, i'm not pulling anything from a lake to put in my tank; we were talking about collecting plants to identify them. i am wanting to know what my turtle would be encountering if i had left him to his own devices outside. my neighborhood has seven natural lakes and my house is 100 feet from the big bethel reservoir (which is where i think scooter's mom came up to lay her clutch from), and i have no idea what may be growing in them.
Death Pony
06-19-2009, 3:07 PM
oh, i'm not pulling anything from a lake to put in my tank; we were talking about collecting plants to identify them. i am wanting to know what my turtle would be encountering if i had left him to his own devices outside. my neighborhood has seven natural lakes and my house is 100 feet from the big bethel reservoir (which is where i think scooter's mom came up to lay her clutch from), and i have no idea what may be growing in them.
What kind of turtle is it? I've seen tons of painteds around the area.