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Water Lilies- Leaves large, round and slit to the center. Underside of leaf is often purplish. Stem is below the surface. Roots are thick and fleshy, most often buried in mud. Flowers have multiple rows of petals born on a single stalk at or above the surface. May be confused with Spatterdock.
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| Cattails- Leaves are tall and flat. Stems are tall, round and unbranched. Flower is the distinctive cigar-shaped cattail which is green in early summer and turns brown and fuzzy in fall. This weed has an extensive root system. Difficult to control when well established |
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| Bulrush- Leaves may or may not be present. If present, they appear as a continuation of the stem. Stems are tall and smooth and either round or triangular in shape. A loose cluster of brownish flowers and seeds is located near the tip of the stem |
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| Purple Loosestrife- Leaves slightly heart-shaped at base coming to a point at leaf tip. Leaves small and more numerous near tip. Stems rigid, four-sided and have fine hairs on them. Leaves oppositely arranged on stem usually in pairs. Flowers bright purplish on a spike closely attached to stem. |
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| Reed Grass/Grass- Leaves are long and flat with parallel veins. Stems are tall and round with alternately arranged leaves. Flower of weed is made up of pikelets with long silky hairs such that this portion of the weed may appear as a silky mass. Stout rootstocks make this weed difficult to pull out. |
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| Smartweed- Leaves are oblong and smooth on the edges. Stems are distinctly jointed with leaves alternately arranged. The lower portion of the stem is rooted at the joints. Flowers are small and tightly clustered and are white or pink in color. Weed may be mersed in shallow water or completely submersed with only flowers visible above surface in deep water. |
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| False Loosestrife-Very similar to creeping water primrose; opposite leaf arrangement instead of alternate leaf arrangement. |
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