Free Floating - Bearberry Creek Website January 22, 2021

Eichornia crassipes
Water Hyacinth                                                            
Pale bluish to lilac flowers, needs sun and heat with min. water temp. of 70° F to do well.
Usually treated as an annual.
· Ht. 8"  
· Introduced
· Winter indoors

Lemna trisulca
Ivy-leaved Duckweed
Small 3-lobed fronds form clusters or colonies; slower to replicate than L. turionifera.
· Floats in water column
· Native
· Winter hardy               

Lemna turionifera
Common Duckweed
Tiny fronds replicate rapidly when nutrients are readily available. Relished by goldfish.
· Ht. 1/4"
· Native
· Winter hardy               

Pistia stratiodes
Water Lettuce
Floating rosettes of velvety green leaves. Must have warm water (70° F water to do well)
Usually treated as an annual.
· Ht. 8"
· Introduced
· Winter indoors