We have our first plants!

Thanks to Prof. Erika Catanese of PCC, we now have our first Water Lilly, Water Lettuce, Duckweed and Azolla, which will grow to cover the pond’s surface.  Azolla is an aquatic fern which can be grown as a food crop. These will help to control the filamentous algae which clogs the pump intake.

Water Lilly (Nymphaeaceae)

Water Lilly

Red Azolla up close

Azolla

New Azolla, Duckweed and Pond lettuce

Duckweed (Lemnoideae)

Duckweed and Azolla

Water lettuce (Pistia)

Water lettuce

Algae

Algae