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Aquatic
plants indigenous to the UK
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Marsh
Plants
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Scientific
name
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Common
comfrey
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Symphytum
officinale
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Cowslip
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Primula
verna
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Creeping
jenny
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Lysimachia
nummularia
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Hemp
agrimony
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Eupatorium
cannabinum
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Jointed
rush
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Juncus
articlatus
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Ladies
smock .
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Cardimine
pratensis
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Meadowsweet
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Filipendula
ulmaria
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Pennywort
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Hydrocotyle
vulgaris
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Primrose
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Primula
vulgaris
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Purple
loostrife
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Lythrum
salicaria
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Ragged
robin
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Lychnis
flos-cuculi
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Pond
sedge
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Carex
elata
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Redshank
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Polygonum
persicaria
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Sedges
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Carex
species
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Teasel
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Dipsacus
fullonum
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Marginal
Plants
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Scientific
name
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Bogbean
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Mentanthes
trifoliata
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Bur
read
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Sparganium
erectum
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Brooklime
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Veronica
beccabunga
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Common
bullrush *
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Scirpus
lacustris
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Common
reed
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Phragmites
australis
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Flowering
rush *
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Butomus
umbellatus
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Fools
cress
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Apium
nodiflorum
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Giant
spearwort
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Ranunculus
lingua
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Great
pond sedge
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Carax
riparia
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Great
waterdock
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Rumex
hydrolapatum
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Lesser
spearwort
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Ranunculus
flammula
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Mares
tail
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Hippuris
vulgaris
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Marsh
marigold
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Caltha
palustris
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Reed
canary-grass
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Phalaris
arundinacea
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Reed
mace
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Typha
latifolia
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Soft
rush
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Juncus
effusus
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Soft
rush *
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Juncus
effusus
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Sweet
scented rush
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Acorus
calamus
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Water
cress
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Nasturtium
officinale
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Water
mint
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Mentha
aquatica
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Water
plantain
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Alisma
plantago-aquatica
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Water
forget-me-not
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Mysotis
scorpioides
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Yellow
cress
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Rorippa
amphibia
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Yellow
iris
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Iris
pseudacorus
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Plants
for deeper water
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Scientific
name
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Arrowhead
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Sagittaria
sagittifolia
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Fringed
waterlilly
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Nymphoides
peltata
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White
waterlily
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Nymphaea
alba
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Yellow
spatterdock
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Numpha
lutea
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Free
- floating plants
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Scientific
name
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Duckweed
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Lemma
spp.
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Frogbit
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Hydrocaris
morsus ranae
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Water
soldier
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Stratiotes
aloides
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Oxygenator
or submerged plants
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Scientific
name
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Curled
pond weed
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Potamogeton
crispa
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Hornwort
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Ceratophyllum
demersum
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Pond
weed
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Potamogeton
natans
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Water
crowfoot
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Ranunculas
aquatilis
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Water
milfoil
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Myriophyllum
spicatum
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Water
violet
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Hottonia
palustris
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Willow
moss
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Fontinalis
antipyretica
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Note
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*
Wildlife feed plant
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Detailed
descriptions for height, flowering, suitable planting depths,
are to be found in the plant section of our online
shop
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Recommended
planting densities
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marginal
plants
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6
plants per square metre
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oxygenator
plants
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3
plants or nets per square metre
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water
lilies
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1
plant per square metre
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Planting
zones
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In
large areas of water the growth of plants will be restricted
by water depth
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marginal
plants
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0-450cm
(0" - 18")
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oxygenator
plants
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0-1000cm
(0" - 36")
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deeper
water plants (lilies)
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450-1000cm
(18" - 60")
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Generally
depths greater than 2 metres or 6 feet remain free of vegetation
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