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Duckweed
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Duckweed Description:
Duckweed
(botanically known as Lemnaceae) is a stem less, aquatic
flowering plant. Duckweed is a small and free floating and grows
on the surface of still or slow moving water in carpet-like
groups. You can compare it with soft tissue often attached with
roots. It seems that Duckweed produces minute flowers.
Duckweed
grows across the world except in very cold regions. Duckweed
does not normally grow in rivers unless there is a reduced flow
of water. Generally reproduction rate of duckweed is marvelous.
Duckweeds grow 20 times faster than a corn and is able to cover
1 acre in just 45 days if unrestrained.
Duckweed can
be used as a water purifier. But using duckweed for water
cleansing is certainly a low tech and time consuming process. In
addition, duckweed cannot get rid of pesticides, heavy metals or
toxic substances.
Many
varieties of ducks consume Duckweed which in turn transports it
to other water bodies. Although Duckweed does provide habitats
for micro invertebrates, Duckweed are aggressive invaders in
quiet waters so it is important to control them. If the Duckweed
covers the surface of a pond, it will deplete the oxygen,
killing fishes and the submerged plants who will not receive the
sunlight for their growth.
Duckweed (Lemna)
How to Identify Duckweed:
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Duckweed is green, carpet-like groups
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Common Duckweed has 1 to 3 leaves measuring 1/16
to 1/8 inches in length
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Giant Duckweed has 1 to 4 leaves measuring 1/16
to 1/4 inches in length
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1 to 6 roots may grow from each plant
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Duckweeds are Stem-less and seed bearing plant
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There are
several varieties of Duckweek that grow together in dense
colonies
CLEAN-FLO
International controls duckweed along with filamentous algae. It
is a real problem when there is an abundance of nutrients in
water. The problem is that killing duckweed often results in an
algal bloom, and killing algae often results in heavy duckweed
growth. We also provide
C-FLO-6 for duckweed control by feeding on non-living
organic matter.
C-FLO-6 is
particularly effective in reducing
nutrients that are food for aquatic weeds. For more information
on our products please visit
Algae and Duckweed Control page.
Information on Duckweed Control
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