I am delighted to report that ducks really do eat Duckweed. These guys
remind me of the ADM TV commercials with rows of tandem combines
cutting through endless fields of wheat.

js

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Jack Schmidling wrote:
I am delighted to report that ducks really do eat Duckweed. These guys
remind me of the ADM TV commercials with rows of tandem combines
cutting through endless fields of wheat.

js

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When I was an undergraduate at Oregon State I worked for the ARS Plant
Materials Center and they grew among other things Duckweed to seed out
for waterfowl.

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Rick wrote:

When I was an undergraduate at Oregon State I worked for the ARS Plant
Materials Center and they grew among other things Duckweed to seed out
for waterfowl.

It's nice to know that a common name means something. In this case,
well named.

js



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On Jul 16, 2:29*pm, Jack Schmidling wrote:
Rick wrote:
When I was an undergraduate at Oregon State I worked for the ARS Plant
Materials Center and they grew among other things Duckweed to seed out
for waterfowl.

It's nice to know that a common name means something. *In this case,
well named.


Richard Mabey's -Flora Britannica- has an interesting entry for
duckweed. In some parts of England it is personified as ' Jenny
Greenteeth," a hag who lures children to death by drowning by covering
the surface of ponds so thickly they appear to be solid ground.

J. Del Col

jadel wrote:

Richard Mabey's -Flora Britannica- has an interesting entry for
duckweed. In some parts of England it is personified as ' Jenny
Greenteeth," a hag who lures children to death by drowning by
covering the surface of ponds so thickly they appear to be solid
ground.

My dog fell for that (literally) a few years ago. We were walking
along a sluggish river that was completely covered with duckweed. The
dog saw something on a small island and went bounding toward it. Was
she ever surprised when she discovered the green area was water and not
land. Jenny Greenteeth had chosen a faulty spot for her trap, as the
water was only a foot or so deep.
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