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Water Arum

Calla palustris

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45.3918, -75.5092

Field Notes

Description:

The large white "petal" is not actually a petal at all. It is the sheath that protects the flower head before it opens.

Habitat:

Edge of a marsh next to a large bog.

Notes:

Mer Bleue Conservation Area, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Ramsar site no. 755.

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