bigtimfish Posted June 3, 2009 Posted June 3, 2009 Looks like swag to me...definitely not skunkweed! : ;D maybe its hydroponic???? ;D ;D Quote
Super User CWB Posted June 3, 2009 Super User Posted June 3, 2009 Have you tried drying some out, lighting it and seeing what it smells like? Quote
Super User Long Mike Posted June 3, 2009 Super User Posted June 3, 2009 Without a doubt, Maui Wowie. Quote
Super User Muddy Posted June 3, 2009 Super User Posted June 3, 2009 I FOUND IT:::::: This is I WISH THIS %^&@!*ING STUFF WOULD STOP FOULING MY CRANKS WEEDS ;D Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 3, 2009 Super User Posted June 3, 2009 I FOUND IT:::::: This is I WISH THIS %^&@!*ING STUFF WOULD STOP FOULING MY CRANKS WEEDS ;D I heard that. I've got this Helicopter Lure that keeps loading-up with BC Bud > Quote
Super User burleytog Posted June 4, 2009 Author Super User Posted June 4, 2009 Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell. Quote
Dalton Tam Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 Definatley what we call "COONTAIL" grass down here in Louisiana. I googled it just to make sure I was right and it looks just like it. I think I got this one right. Quote
Dalton Tam Posted June 4, 2009 Posted June 4, 2009 I think the more proper name of it is Ceratophyllum demersum. Google it and let me know what you think. Quote
Super User burleytog Posted June 4, 2009 Author Super User Posted June 4, 2009 Definatley what we call "COONTAIL" grass down here in Louisiana. I googled it just to make sure I was right and it looks just like it. I think I got this one right. I know coontail quite well > and it isn't coontail. Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 4, 2009 Super User Posted June 4, 2009 Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell. Burley, I'm pretty sure you're dealing with "Stonewort", the common name for Nitella. Though it resembles Chara (muskgrass), Nitella has Y-forked filaments as in your photograph, and is not musky smelling. Chara on the other hand, has mostly straight filaments and a garlic-like odor. Roger Quote
Super User Catt Posted June 4, 2009 Super User Posted June 4, 2009 I can guarantee it aint Hydrilla, Milfoil, or Coontail Moss Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted June 4, 2009 Super User Posted June 4, 2009 Burley Shackleford wrote on Yesterday at 10:34pm: Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell. Burley, I'm pretty sure you're dealing with "Stonewort", the common name for Nitella. Though it resembles Chara (muskgrass), Nitella has Y-forked filaments as in your photograph, and is not musky smelling. Chara on the other hand, has mostly straight filaments and a garlic-like odor. Roger Roger is correct. I went out and found some too. I've been mistaking Nitella for Chara, in places -I do have both. The Chara I have is the deepest "weed" I've got. The Nitella I've found was shallow -carpeting the shelf out to the where the milfoil wall starts. I took a couple pics: This species is different from Burley's, but there are many. The granules you can see on this one are spores. Burley's isn't producing spores at this time it seems. Here's a site with images showing many species -from the UK but showing the diversity of form. http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/001750.html Quote
Super User RoLo Posted June 5, 2009 Super User Posted June 5, 2009 Burley Shackleford wrote on Yesterday at 10:34pm: Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell. Burley, I'm pretty sure you're dealing with "Stonewort", the common name for Nitella. Though it resembles Chara (muskgrass), Nitella has Y-forked filaments as in your photograph, and is not musky smelling. Chara on the other hand, has mostly straight filaments and a garlic-like odor. Roger Roger is correct. I went out and found some too. I've been mistaking Nitella for Chara, in places -I do have both. The Chara I have is the deepest "weed" I've got. The Nitella I've found was shallow -carpeting the shelf out to the where the milfoil wall starts. I took a couple pics: This species is different from Burley's, but there are many. The granules you can see on this one are spores. Burley's isn't producing spores at this time it seems. Here's a site with images showing many species -from the UK but showing the diversity of form. http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/001750.html WOW! Excellent field work Paul! Roger Quote
Super User CWB Posted June 5, 2009 Super User Posted June 5, 2009 Send some pix to your local DNR. They should be able to help or at least steer you to someone that could. Quote
Super User Paul Roberts Posted July 17, 2009 Super User Posted July 17, 2009 OK...bringing this thread back up. FYI: Here's a pic of Chara, the other related macro-algae that is common in the north. It is the one with the "skunky" odor, and is gritty when crushed. It does well in fairly deep water and coats the bottom of my clearer ponds, reaching up about 2 to 3 feet high from bottom. Nitella, described above seems to be much shallower. (Thanks, Roger!) Here's a sonar screen shot showing this deeper Chara "carpet" in one of my ponds. Quote
Marshfisher Posted July 18, 2009 Posted July 18, 2009 Hey BL we have this site saved, it gives pics of a lot of invasive weeds. If you never have seen it before it may be here. Has pics and a lot of plants http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/ Nice find link. Thanks Quote
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