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Pond Scum

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Field Notes

Description:

Floating algae. silvery-green.

Habitat:

Swaps and ponds

Notes:

Some reproductions of when I lived in the South. Pond scum is food for such animals as ducks, insect larva, and possibly fish and lends camouflage for alligators and fish.

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