Rare plants often turn up in restored Norfolk farm #ponds: Translucent Stonewort (Nitella translucens), Tassel Stonewort (Tolypella intricata), Bladder Sedge (Carex vesicaria) & Marsh Speedwell (Veronica scutellata). Very special species usually confined to nature reserves
January 9, 2026 at 9:59 PM
Rare plants often turn up in restored Norfolk farm #ponds: Translucent Stonewort (Nitella translucens), Tassel Stonewort (Tolypella intricata), Bladder Sedge (Carex vesicaria) & Marsh Speedwell (Veronica scutellata). Very special species usually confined to nature reserves
During & 2 years after the restoration of a scrubbed over farm #pond. A massive increase in biodiversity observed. Return of Great Crested Newt & appearance of the mega rare Tassel Stonewort. We can report on 100s of stories like this from Norfolk. Ponds should be a higher conservation priority
January 5, 2026 at 10:08 PM
During & 2 years after the restoration of a scrubbed over farm #pond. A massive increase in biodiversity observed. Return of Great Crested Newt & appearance of the mega rare Tassel Stonewort. We can report on 100s of stories like this from Norfolk. Ponds should be a higher conservation priority
Invasive species kept Ramara crews busy in Lagoon City
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Herbicide eliminated Eurasian water-milfoil, but it won’t kill invasive starry stonewort, officials say Kal Johnson, chair of the…#us #news #usnews
https://www.europesays.com/us/490944/
Herbicide eliminated Eurasian water-milfoil, but it won’t kill invasive starry stonewort, officials say Kal Johnson, chair of the…#us #news #usnews
Invasive species kept Ramara crews busy in Lagoon City - United States
Herbicide eliminated Eurasian water-milfoil, but it won't kill invasive starry stonewort, officials say
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January 4, 2026 at 4:20 AM
Invasive species kept Ramara crews busy in Lagoon City
https://www.europesays.com/us/490944/
Herbicide eliminated Eurasian water-milfoil, but it won’t kill invasive starry stonewort, officials say Kal Johnson, chair of the…#us #news #usnews
https://www.europesays.com/us/490944/
Herbicide eliminated Eurasian water-milfoil, but it won’t kill invasive starry stonewort, officials say Kal Johnson, chair of the…#us #news #usnews
“O Christmas stonewort, o Christmas stonewort”
Season’s greeting from the Characeae 🎄
Season’s greeting from the Characeae 🎄
December 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
“O Christmas stonewort, o Christmas stonewort”
Season’s greeting from the Characeae 🎄
Season’s greeting from the Characeae 🎄
It's cold and the lakes are freezing around here. I'm missing being out on the water and checking out the aquatic plants on this #MacrophyteMonday. Anyone have any nice aquatic plant photos to share to green up my feed?
December 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's cold and the lakes are freezing around here. I'm missing being out on the water and checking out the aquatic plants on this #MacrophyteMonday. Anyone have any nice aquatic plant photos to share to green up my feed?
I went to WWT Arundel today, ostensibly on a punt to see if Holly-leaved Naiad was visible. It wasn't, but I did see masses of Floating Pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides which is a worry. Also a Stonewort Chara sp. in the Hawaiian Goose inclosure, unidentified. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
December 15, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I went to WWT Arundel today, ostensibly on a punt to see if Holly-leaved Naiad was visible. It wasn't, but I did see masses of Floating Pennywort Hydrocotyle ranunculoides which is a worry. Also a Stonewort Chara sp. in the Hawaiian Goose inclosure, unidentified. @bsbibotany.bsky.social
The issue features articles by Malgorzata Kowalska on stonewort meadows in Poland, Emelien Devos on more-than-human autonomy and healing in Tanzania, & Sarah Moritz & Qwalqwalten Garry John on Salish-Bear entanglements in British Columbia.
December 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The issue features articles by Malgorzata Kowalska on stonewort meadows in Poland, Emelien Devos on more-than-human autonomy and healing in Tanzania, & Sarah Moritz & Qwalqwalten Garry John on Salish-Bear entanglements in British Columbia.
🌊The diversity of native aquatic plant communities makes them more able to resilient to climate change than the invasive alga, starry stonewort, which may lessen the impacts of invasion👇
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🌊The diversity of native aquatic plant communities makes them more able to resilient to climate change than the invasive alga, starry stonewort, which may lessen the impacts of invasion👇
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Sometimes when you're writing horror nature does the work for you
November 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Sometimes when you're writing horror nature does the work for you
This fen creation trial by the High Batts team at Pennycroft Quarry is hopefully the start of something much bigger. It's survived a mammoth river flood and prolonged inundation. Adjoining open water is crystal clear and dominated by stonewort beds, suggesting ideal conditions for calcareous fen.
October 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This fen creation trial by the High Batts team at Pennycroft Quarry is hopefully the start of something much bigger. It's survived a mammoth river flood and prolonged inundation. Adjoining open water is crystal clear and dominated by stonewort beds, suggesting ideal conditions for calcareous fen.
Starry stonewort, a fast-growing invasive algae, was discovered in the Rush Lake channel. The Whitefish Chain of Lakes Association mounted a counter-attack, including hand pulling, chemical treatment and monitoring.
Whitefish Chain’s early attack on invasive species shows signs of success
Starry stonewort, a fast-growing invasive algae, was discovered in the Rush Lake channel. The Whitefish Chain of Lakes Association mounted a counter-attack, including hand pulling, chemical treatment ...
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October 11, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Starry stonewort, a fast-growing invasive algae, was discovered in the Rush Lake channel. The Whitefish Chain of Lakes Association mounted a counter-attack, including hand pulling, chemical treatment and monitoring.
Whitefish Area Property Owners Association Works to Remove Starry Stonewort
Whitefish Area Property Owners Association Works to Remove Starry Stonewort
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October 11, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Whitefish Area Property Owners Association Works to Remove Starry Stonewort
Podcast title: "Spoiler Alert: This is Not Fine"
October 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Podcast title: "Spoiler Alert: This is Not Fine"
Growth of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves, Characeae) in two Michigan, USA, drowned river mouth lakes
#GreatLakes 🧪
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Growth of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves, Characeae) in two Michigan, USA, drowned river mouth lakes
Starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves) is an invasive freshwater green macroalga in North America that is widespread in the Laurent…
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October 6, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Growth of starry stonewort (Nitellopsis obtusa (Desvaux) J. Groves, Characeae) in two Michigan, USA, drowned river mouth lakes
#GreatLakes 🧪
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#GreatLakes 🧪
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Some lovely fen pools in Cladium mariscus Saw Sedge beds at @savebutterflies.bsky.social Catfield Fen reserve with Hedgehog Stonewort Chara aculeolata, Lesser Bladderwort Utricularia minor (growing terrestrially too!) and Nymphaea candida Dwarf White Waterlily
September 24, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Some lovely fen pools in Cladium mariscus Saw Sedge beds at @savebutterflies.bsky.social Catfield Fen reserve with Hedgehog Stonewort Chara aculeolata, Lesser Bladderwort Utricularia minor (growing terrestrially too!) and Nymphaea candida Dwarf White Waterlily
AIS Starry Stonewort Confirmed in Benedict Lake in Hubbard County
AIS Starry Stonewort Confirmed in Benedict Lake in Hubbard County
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of the invasive algae starry stonewort in a Hubbard County lake. The invasive specials has been located in Benedict Lake near t...
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September 16, 2025 at 5:48 AM
AIS Starry Stonewort Confirmed in Benedict Lake in Hubbard County
The list of lake-related webinars has been updated! Highlights include:
💲TODAY: Michigan Invasive Species Grants
💲9/10: Michigan Watershed Planning Grants
🚽 9/15: Septic systems & the environment
🌾 9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin
See the whole list at www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
💲TODAY: Michigan Invasive Species Grants
💲9/10: Michigan Watershed Planning Grants
🚽 9/15: Septic systems & the environment
🌾 9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin
See the whole list at www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
September 9, 2025 at 2:43 PM
The list of lake-related webinars has been updated! Highlights include:
💲TODAY: Michigan Invasive Species Grants
💲9/10: Michigan Watershed Planning Grants
🚽 9/15: Septic systems & the environment
🌾 9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin
See the whole list at www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
💲TODAY: Michigan Invasive Species Grants
💲9/10: Michigan Watershed Planning Grants
🚽 9/15: Septic systems & the environment
🌾 9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin
See the whole list at www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
In May, Erick Elgin and Jo Latimore from our team presented a #NotMISpecies webinar They discussed the value of community science (volunteer monitoring) for finding invasive plants early in Michigan lakes, joined by volunteer from SE Michigan. Watch: us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/_Ni... #MacrophyteMonday
August 25, 2025 at 4:53 PM
In May, Erick Elgin and Jo Latimore from our team presented a #NotMISpecies webinar They discussed the value of community science (volunteer monitoring) for finding invasive plants early in Michigan lakes, joined by volunteer from SE Michigan. Watch: us06web.zoom.us/rec/play/_Ni... #MacrophyteMonday
AIS Starry Stonewort Confirmed in 3 Lakes in Beltrami, Hubbard Counties
AIS Starry Stonewort Confirmed in 3 Lakes in Beltrami, Hubbard Counties
The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources has confirmed the presence of the invasive algae starry stonewort in three more area lakes. They are: Garfield Lake near Laporte in Hubbard County; Gull L...
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August 21, 2025 at 11:46 PM
AIS Starry Stonewort Confirmed in 3 Lakes in Beltrami, Hubbard Counties
Back to Hertfordshire for the weekend and dipped into the ponds at Purwell Ninesprings. It seemed the flow of water from the springs into the fens had been reversed, and the chalky nature reduced. Fen to bog danger!
One pond a sea of Common Stonewort (Chara vulgaris),
One pond a sea of Common Stonewort (Chara vulgaris),
August 17, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Back to Hertfordshire for the weekend and dipped into the ponds at Purwell Ninesprings. It seemed the flow of water from the springs into the fens had been reversed, and the chalky nature reduced. Fen to bog danger!
One pond a sea of Common Stonewort (Chara vulgaris),
One pond a sea of Common Stonewort (Chara vulgaris),
Final day of the BSBI ASM, and for me a trip to Selkirk Common. Found a very distinctive stonewort growing in standing water with fen pondweed. If confirmed as hedgehog stonewort as suggested by @bramblebotanist.bsky.social then this will be only the 3rd site for the species in Scotland!
August 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Final day of the BSBI ASM, and for me a trip to Selkirk Common. Found a very distinctive stonewort growing in standing water with fen pondweed. If confirmed as hedgehog stonewort as suggested by @bramblebotanist.bsky.social then this will be only the 3rd site for the species in Scotland!
The alarming spread of starry stonewort in Vermont's lakes could spell disaster for local ecosystems—are we doing enough to combat this invasive threat?
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#NewportCityOrleansCounty #VT #CitizenPortal #PublicAwareness #AquaticEcosystems #InvasiveSpecies #NewportCityEnvironment
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#NewportCityOrleansCounty #VT #CitizenPortal #PublicAwareness #AquaticEcosystems #InvasiveSpecies #NewportCityEnvironment
Annie Bowe updates Vermont council on invasive Starry Stonewort in Lake Memphremagog
Bowe discusses invasive algae impacts and management strategies at Vermont DEC meeting.
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August 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
The alarming spread of starry stonewort in Vermont's lakes could spell disaster for local ecosystems—are we doing enough to combat this invasive threat?
Learn more here
#NewportCityOrleansCounty #VT #CitizenPortal #PublicAwareness #AquaticEcosystems #InvasiveSpecies #NewportCityEnvironment
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#NewportCityOrleansCounty #VT #CitizenPortal #PublicAwareness #AquaticEcosystems #InvasiveSpecies #NewportCityEnvironment
A Stonewort from a small stream at Morrone Birkwood NNR, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. Likely Delicate Stonewort Chara virgata as previously recorded at this site by Nick Stewart. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social
August 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
A Stonewort from a small stream at Morrone Birkwood NNR, Braemar, Aberdeenshire. Likely Delicate Stonewort Chara virgata as previously recorded at this site by Nick Stewart. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @bsbiscotland.bsky.social
Lake webinars! MILP just upcated their list. Some new ones:
8/21: How zebra mussels are changing fish contaminants
8/26: How wake boats impact lakes
9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin (wild rice)
10/2: When the forst burns, what's in the water?
Full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
8/21: How zebra mussels are changing fish contaminants
8/26: How wake boats impact lakes
9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin (wild rice)
10/2: When the forst burns, what's in the water?
Full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
July 30, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Lake webinars! MILP just upcated their list. Some new ones:
8/21: How zebra mussels are changing fish contaminants
8/26: How wake boats impact lakes
9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin (wild rice)
10/2: When the forst burns, what's in the water?
Full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
8/21: How zebra mussels are changing fish contaminants
8/26: How wake boats impact lakes
9/25: Starry stonewort and manoomin (wild rice)
10/2: When the forst burns, what's in the water?
Full list: www.canr.msu.edu/michiganlake...
Looking back on last wknd, visiting some lovely saltmarsh & coastal lagoons habitats in search of some of Ireland's rarest charaphytes w/ Paul Green & @bsbiireland.bsky.social Aquatic Plants Project.
We found both Foxtail Stonewort
(Lamprothamnium papulosum) & Bearded Stonewort
(Chara canescens).
We found both Foxtail Stonewort
(Lamprothamnium papulosum) & Bearded Stonewort
(Chara canescens).
July 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Looking back on last wknd, visiting some lovely saltmarsh & coastal lagoons habitats in search of some of Ireland's rarest charaphytes w/ Paul Green & @bsbiireland.bsky.social Aquatic Plants Project.
We found both Foxtail Stonewort
(Lamprothamnium papulosum) & Bearded Stonewort
(Chara canescens).
We found both Foxtail Stonewort
(Lamprothamnium papulosum) & Bearded Stonewort
(Chara canescens).