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Eriocaulon aquaticum (pipewort)

specimen collected on margin of Long Lake, Jolicure Lakes, July 23, 1965             view photographs














photographed on shore of Poison Lake, south of Wyvern, NS, August 11, 2001         go to top of page
                                                                                                                                     view root banding pattern

same soruce as above picture but using the macro lens function to illustrate the banding pattern typical of the roots of this plant
roots may need to be viewed with a hand lens to see this pattern in the field but it is a good field marker for these plants especially if
they aren't in bloom                                                                                return to view of whole plant
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