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Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Common Duckweed is a tiny plant that floats on water. It looks like little green dots and is often found in ponds and lakes, making it a fun plant to spot while exploring nature!

Lebensraum: Wetlands

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The Common Duckweed is a tiny, bright green, oval-shaped plant that floats on water surfaces. It has one small root hair hanging underneath each frond, distinguishing it from slightly larger, similar-looking water plants.

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Common Duckweed
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Common Duckweed

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Each tiny duckweed plant has only one root, which is usually no bigger than a single hair!

It can double its population in just a few days, making it super fast-growing.

Scientists are studying duckweed as a potential future food source for humans and animals.

The Common Duckweed is one of the smallest flowering plants on Earth!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Rapid Reproducer

Common Duckweed can quickly multiply by budding, allowing it to cover water surfaces very fast.

Fähigkeit

Water Cleaner

This plant can absorb excess nutrients and pollutants from water, helping to clean its environment.

Fähigkeit

Winter Survivor

Common Duckweed forms special dense buds called turions that sink to the bottom to survive winter's cold.

Maße und Details

Höhe
0.1-0.2 cm
Ausbreitung
0.2-0.5 cm
Essbar
Ja
Giftigkeit
Keine
Lebenszyklus
Mehrjährig

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

eaten by

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Mallards and other ducks readily feed on floating duckweed.

eaten by

Common Carp

Cyprinus carpio

Carp graze on duckweed, especially in still, nutrient-rich waters.

eaten by

Great Pond Snail

Lymnaea stagnalis

Snails commonly feed on duckweed as a primary food source.

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Always stay close to an adult when exploring ponds and lakes.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das höhe von Common Duckweed?

0.1-0.2 cm

Was ist der/die/das ausbreitung von Common Duckweed?

0.2-0.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das essbar von Common Duckweed?

Ja

Was ist der/die/das giftigkeit von Common Duckweed?

Keine

Was ist der/die/das lebenszyklus von Common Duckweed?

Mehrjährig

Wo findet man Common Duckweed normalerweise?

Wetlands

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