ID this plant?

[Betty]

This was in a river near my house. Just wondering what it is. It looks a lot like a plant I used to keep in my aquarium when I was a kid, forever ago.

 

[Loren]

It is hard to tell from the photo how big they are. What is the length of some of the longest runners?

 

[Betty]

It's been awhile since I was down there. I'd guess a bit shorter than 12".

I think elodea is the plant I was thinking about. Does it look like that?

 

[Loren]

It sure looks like that is what it is. I want some for my aquarium. What river did you see it at?

 

[Betty]

I live in Mckenna near the Nisqually River. I guess I'll have to go back down there and take a closer look at it to see if I can get better pics, if it's even still there. (I took these pics last summer.) Doing a little research online, Brazilian elodea is an invasive species and is illegal to sell in WA, but there is also a native type of elodea. I know there are rules about harvesting native plants from WA waters and I think they are posted somewhere on the forum. I wonder about non-native invasive species.

http://www.invasivespecies.wa.gov/priorities/brazilian_elodea.shtml

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/egeria.html

Found the forum post about collecting, etc. http://www.wafishbox.com/forums/thr...d-animal-species-state-and-federal-laws.7948/

 

[clownie]

Its is Brazilian elodea....back in our day it was sold as Anacharis. It has become an invasive species, like Myriophyllum.

 

[Betty]

Anacharis sounds familiar!

So if that's what it is, it can't be collected.
There is some good info about collecting native and non-native plants here. Brazilian elodea is a do not collect. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/0603004.pdf

 

[clownie]

That's a nice site! Thanks for posting.

 

[Mike16T]

Anacharis sounds familiar!

So if that's what it is, it can't be collected.
There is some good info about collecting native and non-native plants here. Brazilian elodea is a do not collect. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/0603004.pdf

Really nice link! ^_^

 

[clownie]

Anacharis sounds familiar!

So if that's what it is, it can't be collected.
There is some good info about collecting native and non-native plants here. Brazilian elodea is a do not collect. https://fortress.wa.gov/ecy/publications/documents/0603004.pdf

Yeah it was especially sold to people with goldfish tanks because they love to munch on them.