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	Aquatic plant - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aquatic plants — also called hydrophytic plants or hydrophytes — are plants that have adapted to living in or on aquatic environments.
		Aquatic vascular plants can be ferns or angiosperms (from both monocot and dicot families).
		Seaweeds are not vascular plants but multicellular marine algae, and therefore not typically included in the category, "aquatic plants." As opposed to plants types such as mesophytes and xerophytes, hydrophytes do not have a problem in retaining water due to the abundance of water in its environment.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aquatic_plant (678 words)

	Aquatic Plant Solutions
		Aquatic plants are essential to a healthy pond ecosystem.
		Submerged aquatic vegetation are plants that are completely under the water and typically have a root system in the bottom sediment.
		Some treat certain aquatic plants better than other treatments, and since there are many types of aquatic plants, it is a good idea to talk with a local lake management professional to get some assistance in identifying the type of aquatic plant problem and develop a plan for the best solution to that problem.
	www.gotalgae.com /aquatic_plant_solutions.htm (4758 words)

	Aquatic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The term marine (ocean) is typically substituted where reference to salt water is intended, and estuarine for brackish water (i.e., a mix of fresh and salt water).
		An aquatic is also shorthand for an aquatic plant.
		Aquatic ecology is a discipline that uses the principles and methods of ecology to study natural aquatic environments.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aquatic (210 words)

	WDNR - Wisconsin Aquatic Plant Management and Protection
		Aquatic plants are a lake's own filtering system, helping to clarify the water by absorbing nutrients like phosphorus and nitrogen that could stimulate algal blooms.
		When controlling aquatic plants with chemicals, it is important to correctly identify the plants and the appropriate chemical beforehand and to be certain that treatment occurs at the proper timing and dosage.
		The non-native invasive plants (Eurasian watermilfoil, curleyleaf pondweed, and purple loosestrife) may be manually removed beyond 30 feet without a permit, as long as native plants are not harmed.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/water/fhp/lakes/aquaplan.htm (1181 words)

	Where aquatic plants grow - Aquatic plant guide: Minnesota DNR
		Within a lake or pond, aquatic plants grow in an area known as the littoral zone--the shallow transition zone between dry land and the open water area of the lake.
		Aquatic plants, in turn, provide food and habitat for many animals such as fish, frogs, birds, muskrats, turtles, insects, and snails.
		In summary: Where aquatic plants grow and how abundant they are may vary greatly from lake to lake, and even within a lake itself.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /shorelandmgmt/apg/wheregrow.html (725 words)

	Pond Care Aquatic Plant Tablets- Unit Liner Company
		Aquatic Plant Food tablets are designed to be placed directly into the soil of potted aquatic plants.
		Aquatic Plant Food tablets provide a continuous supply of the nutrition necessary for vigorous growth and flowering, and winter hardiness.
		Aquatic Plant Food tablets are safe for use with pond fish and do not stimulate algae blooms when used as directed, because nutrients are released directly into the soil for quick uptake by plant roots.
	www.pondliner.com /PlantTab.htm (389 words)

	Aquatic Plant Control
		Aquatic plants are also utilized to a significant extent as food by migratory waterfowl and often serve as some control of shoreline erosion.
		Aquatic plants derive their nutrients from the sediments and/or the water column.
		The aquatic plant fee collected from dock owners is the source of funds, and it is anticipated there will be sufficient funding for the annual treatment of milfoil and for the annual treatment of nuisance plants around private and marina dock systems.
	www.bbmwd.org /aquatic.htm (1993 words)

	Aquatic plant Summary
		Aquatic plants can be free-floating (e.g., water hyacinths) or rooted to the bottom of the pond or stream (e.g., water lilies).
		Many aquatic habitats, and the aquatic plants that live in them, however, are under constant threat from pollution and from drainage for urban and industrial development across the globe.
		A few submerged aquatic plants, particularly several non-native invasive species, can be sufficiently abundant that they are considered serious weeds because of their effects on the use of waterbodies for recreation and transportation.
	www.bookrags.com /Aquatic_plant (2779 words)

	Plant Identification
		Aquatic plants are generally divided into four groups for management purposes.
		Submerged Plants are rooted plants with most of their vegetative mass below the water surface, although some portions may stick above the water.
		Emergent Plants are rooted plants often along the shoreline that stand above the surface of the water (cattails).
	aquaplant.tamu.edu /database/index.htm (272 words)

	Aquatic Plant Species
		The lower portion of the plant is dominated mostly by the stem in deeper waters with leaf whorls spacing becoming closer at the top of the plant.
		The plant is very invasive and can take over a shoreline or wetland area in just a few years since mature plants generally produce a million or more viable seeds each year.
		This plant was introduced to many King County lakes as a horticultural specimen by lakeside residents and was found on 27 of the 36 surveyed lakes.
	www.pine-lake.org /1996-Study/96-AquaticPlantSpecies.htm (858 words)

	The Water Garden
		The rhizome should be planted at one edge of the container with the rhizome planted at an angle of about 45 degrees with the crown exposed.
		Marginal plants should be planted in individual containers of approximately 10 to 14 inch fabric pots (or 10 x 6 to 12 x 7 3/4 inch plastic pots).
		The marginal plants which are grown in 2 inch net pots should be planted without removing the net pot so as not to damage the roots.
	watergarden.com /pages/plant_care.html (1438 words)

	DFW Aquatic Plant Club Articles-- Beginner Basics: Carbon Dioxide
		Plants use light in the blue and red areas of the spectrum, but blue and red don't make for a pretty aquarium.
		Plants will grow in the extremes, but again, what matters is how the aquarium looks to you.
		So in summary, the light needed to simply keep a plant alive may be different from that which is necessary for it to flourish and reproduce.
	www.aquatic-plants.org /articles/basics/pages/05_light.html (1536 words)

	Plant ID
		Eurasian watermilfoil is easily confused with other submerged aquatic plants, especially due to the presence of five native watermilfoils frequently found throughout the Adirondack region.
		All of the Adirondack's common native watermilfoils are submersed aquatic plants.
		Eurasian watermilfoil is a submerged aquatic plant that when reaching the surface of the water, grows horizontally creating a mat.
	www.adkinvasives.com /Aquatic/PlantID/EMilfoil.html (318 words)

	Plant Inspection, Licensing Permits Registrations - FDACS
		The Department is responsible for the protection of Florida's vast plant industries and native plant life, as well as the public through the exclusion, detection, eradication and control of injurious plant pests and diseases.
		The Department's Division of Plant Industry is the regulatory agency responsible for the implementation of laws, rules, regulations, and various programs pertaining to plants and plant pests.
		The Division of Plant Industry has developed a procedure to allow the restricted harvesting of protected species from the wild to encourage the propagation of native species and to prevent the wanton destruction of Florida's native plant populations.
	doacs.state.fl.us /onestop/plt/plantinsp.html (1527 words)

	Aquatic Plant and Fish Habitat Management
		Aquatic plants are good for your lake and the fish that live there.
		Plant Identification - The most important step in controlling weeds in your pond is to correctly identify the plant, because there are different methods for treating different plants.
		Submerged Plant Control in Lakes and Ponds - There are several species of plants that are rooted to the bottom and do not quite reach the surface of the water.
	mdc.mo.gov /areas/stlouis/fish/pond/plants/index.htm (677 words)

	Cedar Eden Environmental, LLC - Aquatic Plant Image Library
		Aquatic plant sketche are copyright property of the University of Florida Center for Aquatic Plants (Gainesville) - used by permission.
		Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Northeastern North America: a revised and enlarged edition of Norman C. Fassett's A Manual of Aquatic Plants.University of Wisconsin Press.
		The included families/genera represent those I have typically seen over the years while conducting aquatic plant surveys on lakes and ponds in NY and NH, those that contain invasive species of concern, or those that contain exciting rarely seen species.
	www.cedareden.com /aquaplant.html (267 words)

	Advantages and Disadvantages of Aquatic Plant Management Techniques
		Dredging is usually not performed solely for aquatic plant management but to restore lakes that have been filled in with sediments, have excess nutrients, have inadequate pelagic and hypolimnetic zones, need deepening, or require removal of toxic substances (Peterson 1982).
		However, larger vascular aquatic plants are typically limited by nitrogen rather than phosphorus and derive most of their nutrients from the sediment rather than from the water column.
		Nonnative plants are a biological pollutant that increases geometrically, a pollutant with a very long residence time and the potential to "biomagnify" in lakes, rivers, and wetlands.
	www.aquatics.org /pubs/madsen2.htm (7188 words)

	Aquatic Plant Management Program - Division of Ecological Services: Minnesota DNR (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Aquatic plants growing in public waters are owned by the state and can interfere with riparian property owners' access to lakes.
		The Aquatic Plant Management Program protects native vegetation and the aquatic environment from unnecessary harm while allowing lakeshore homeowners to control some aquatic vegetation for water access.
		Aquatic pesticide enforcement specialists supervise herbicide treatments and investigate reports of the misuse of pesticides in lakes or the unlawful destruction of aquatic vegetation.
	www.dnr.state.mn.us /ecological_services/apm/index.html (192 words)

	The Aquatic Plant Management Society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Aquatic Plant Management Society, Inc. is an international organization of scientists, educators, students, commercial pesticide applicators, administrators, and concerned individuals interested in the management and study of aquatic plants.
		Originally the Hyacinth Control Society, Inc. when founded in 1961, the Aquatic Plant Management Society, Inc. is a respected source of expertise in the field of biological, mechanical, and chemical aquatic plant management and aquatic plant species.
		The objectives of the Society are to assist in promoting the management of nuisance aquatic plants, to provide for the scientific advancement of members of the society, to encourage scientific research, to promote university scholarship, and to extend and develop public interest in the aquatic plant science discipline.
	www.apms.org (229 words)

	WDNR - Waterways and Wetlands Permits: Aquatic Plant Control (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		I want to place a barrier to prevent aquatic plant growth on a lake or streambed.
		Aquatic plants are essential to good fishing and clean water, and actually stabilize shorelines.
		You will want to limit removal as much as possible in most situations, and an aquatic plant barrier may not be appropriate for your site.
	www.dnr.state.wi.us /org/water/fhp/waterway/aquaticplantcontrol.shtml (416 words)

	Aquatic Plant Management (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Since aquatic plant communities are the foundation of lake ecosystems, aquatic plant management and nuisance control activities require an aquatic plant management plan and permits issued by the Department of Natural Resources.
		Generally, a permit is required when plants are removed mechanically or manually from an area greater than 30 feet in width along the shore.
		An illustrated field guide to aquatic plants that also notes each plant’s importance in the environment, and if the plant is a native or exotic species.
	www.wisconsinlakes.org /AboutLakes/plantmanagement.htm (204 words)

	Schultz Aquatic Plant Soil Pond Plant Care, Pond Plant Fertilizer : Pond Supplies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Schultz Aquatic Plant Soil is 100% Fuller's Earth, a natural mineral that has been kiln fired to create ceramic granules.
		Plant based soils break down quickly and need to be refilled often.
		Place the plant roots carefully into the pot and gently add remaining aquatic soil, covering roots and filling the pot to about 1" from the rim.
	www.pondbiz.com /home/pb1/page_264_8/schultz_aquatic_plant_soil.html (271 words)

	Aquatic Plant Selection
		Aquatic plant selection is extremely important in the development of aquatic pools.
		While numerous aquatic plants are available for water gardens, it is important to consider certain factors when selecting plants for a water garden.
		True floating plants, which float on the surface of the water and whose roots are suspended in the water.
	hgic.clemson.edu /factsheets/HGIC1709.htm (787 words)

	Dept. of Environmental Protection (DEP) State Lands:
		The bureau's aquatic plant management program designs, funds, coordinates, and contracts invasive non-native aquatic plant control efforts in Florida's 1.25 million acres of public waters under Florida Statute and Rule (Statutes 369.20 and 369.22, and Rules).
		Invasive non-native aquatic plants, mostly hydrilla (Hydrilla verticillata), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), and water lettuce (Pistia stratiotes), above, are managed in several hundred water bodies each year.
		The DEP Bureau of Invasive Plant Management is the "lead agency" for aquatic plant management in Florida.
	www.dep.state.fl.us /lands/invaspec/2ndlevpgs/Aquaticplnts.htm (343 words)

	Steve's Aquatic Plant Resource Page
		Aquatic Concepts by George Booth Excellent photographs and information on many aspects of growing aquatic plants.
		The watts per gallon empirical rule for planted aquariums is given as watts per square foot for house plants.
		Hydrponics much of which is held in common with growing aquatic plants.
	home.infinet.net /teban/index.html (1473 words)

	Invasive Species: Aquatic Species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Aquatic Species includes both aquatic plant and aquatic animal species.
		Invasive aquatic plants are introduced plants that have adapted to living in, on, or next to water, and that can grow either submerged or partially submerged in water.
		Invasive aquatic animals require a watery habitat, but do not necessarily have to live entirely in water.
	www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov /aquatics/main.shtml (162 words)

	AQUAPLANT
		Aquatic vegetation management can be a perplexing problem.
		Management of most aquatic plant species depends on properly identifying the desirable or nuisance plant.
		If you already know the aquatic plant that needs management, then you want to proceed to Management Options.
	aquaplant.tamu.edu (93 words)

	Aquatic Plant Primer
		Those are ample reasons for many aquarists to consider them, but live plants have a charm of their own as well; caring for them and observing their growth, development and reproduction can be just as fascinating and rewarding as fishkeeping.
		Aquatic plants are much more fragile than their terrestrial cousins.
		Many snails and eggs come into the tank on the plants themselves, and the best defense against them is to inspect all new purchases thoroughly and possibly to soak new plants in alum before adding to the tank.
	www.bestfish.com /plants.html (965 words)

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