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Field Notes

Description:

Pointy "devils purse"... In freshwater ??

Habitat:

Wawayanda Lk

Species ID Suggestions

Water Chestnut

trapa natans

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Comments (1)
wacbravo
What you've got is one of the water chestnut's spiny four-pronged seedpods. What Chestnut is an invasive aquatic plant that is a taking over waters throughout New Jersey. http://www.nj.com/helpinghands/watershed/index.ssf/2010/08/invasive_plant_advisory_water.html
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PublishedMay 13, 2012

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