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seiji64
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Plant ID help

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This bright green plant grows in my front yard. It pops up in the Spring, dies off in the Summer and comes back in the Fall. I didn't think much of it until I saw a thread a while back on one of the other aquatic plant forums that showed what looked like this plant growing submersed and I lost the thread. I threw a stem into a tank about a week ago to see how it does. Can someone ID this and confirm whether it really is an aquatic?

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150EH
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In the lawn are you thinking of Chickweed? No idea on any aquatic name.
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Lysimachia nummularia (Creeping jenny) ?
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nevermind?
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That's it Judi. Thank you! I hope it is Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea', which is supposed to be both undemanding and a good indicator of nitrates in the tank. I like!

http://www.aquaticplantcentral.com/foru ... php?id=111

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