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Index of Subjects Can you send an image of your aquatic? No reports of Cabomba here that I can see. Have you considered the bladderworts (e.g, purple bladderwort)? Nick On Thu, Dec 25, 2014 at 1:27 PM, Burkhard Plache <burkhardplache@gmail.com> wrote: > For a number of weeks now, I had noticed a heavy accumulation > of an aquatic herb at the shoreline of Frog Pond. > Initially I assumed it might be Ceratophyllum (hornwort) or > Myriophyllum (water milfoil), both reported from Nova Scotia. > > However, the plant has opposite leaves, which are fan-like, > finely divided. I am now certain it is a species of Cabomba, > most likely Cabomba caroliniana. > > The species is not native to NS, but used in aquariums. > Maybe this introduction was the result of an aquarium dump. > (Could have happened a few years back when a Gold Fish > or a Koi was seen in the pond.) > > In other regions of the world Cabomba is a problematic > invasive. Is it problematic here as well? > Have people seen this in other parts of Nova Scotia? > > > Wikipedia links to the species mentioned above: > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceratophyllum > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriophyllum > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabomba_caroliniana
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