Please ID these plants

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Please ID these plants

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Please help me ID these plants. Thanks!
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The second is very likely Ludwigia RepensXArcuata.
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The first is probably Water Sprite (Ceratopteris thalictroides)
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The first could also be Limnophila sp. 'Guinea Broad Leaf' too... Hard to tell from the picture.
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I don't think it is Water Sprite. It's a fairly small plant mostly suitable for fore to mid ground. I picked it up at the last meeting (Jeff U?). I'll see if I can snap another pic with a better angle... Thanks guys.

Update: I just compared it to Plantfinder and it does look like Limnophila sp. broad leaf. Thanks.
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If that's the case, it's probably Limnophila sp. 'Guinea Broad Leaf'
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The Ludwigia RepensXArcuata is a really beautiful plant and now one of my favorites. You can't tell from the picture but it has really nice rust orange hues.

Thanks again for the help.
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Looks like it, I think I brought some to the last meeting.
Jeff U.

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That looks like the Ludwigia x lacustris (L. brevipes x palustris) I've been passing around (I believe I gave you some). L. repens x arcuata usually has leaves that are a bit wider and reddish. It also grows at 45 degree angle. I don't think the photo of the latter in the Plant Finder well enough represents how it usually looks.

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You're right Cavan, Doug's pics look much more like it. Thanks. I picked it up at an auction but I couldn't remember from who... It's really a gorgeous plant.
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