On 18/3/07 10:26, in article ,
"Pam Cook" wrote:


"Sally Thompson" wrote in message
al.net...
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I have a pond too, but I can't identify your plant from the description,
although someone else may instantly recognise it. Is it possible to take
a
photo and put it on a web site somewhere so we can all look at it? There
plenty of free photo-hosting places around. Also, is it growing in
particularly boggy patches?



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Sally, Thank you for replying....I will ask my son to take a picture of
the plant, Someone said it was sedge????? It is about 18 inches high
and does grow in the boggy ground right at the edge of the pond...I have
just seen the frogspawn, earlier than last year...The roots of the plant
are very dense and you cannot pull it up..flaming nuisance..Wild ducks
trash the pond every year around this time, and bring all sorts of
un-welcome plants.....the stalks of the plant are round and very sharp at
the end (I got poked in the eye by one last year...ouch !) Hope this
helps some-one identify it and come up with a solution....

Hello, Pam. Can I suggest you try a Google image search on wild pond plants
or something of that sort? Inevitably, you'll get some that don't apply to
UK but it might help you. If you take a picture, that will help but this
group doesn't take binaries so you'll need to put it up on a web site
somewhere for everyone to look at. I wonder if your plant could be a Carex
of some sort? Some of those are known as sedges. There's one called Carex
muskingumensis* which might just fit that description. Getting rid of it is
another matter altogether - I can't help there. ;-(
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)