A floating freshwater plant with creeping stems that bear clusters of small rounded leaves.
Two species in the family Hydrocharitaceae: Eurasian frog's-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) and American frog's-bit (Limnobium spongia)
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Since its introduction in Ottawa, European frogbit has become one of the dominant plants in many eastern-Ontario wetlands, and has reduced native plant biodiversity.
Other species found during the survey include coontail, fragrant waterlily, American pondweed, duckweed, American frogbit, cattail, soft-stem bulrush, and arrowhead.
I have about 25% of the surface covered with frogbits.
However, I have a feeling that this floater takes in lots of nutrients as my frogbits are growing yellow.
European frogbit can displace native aquatic plants and deplete dissolved oxygen levels, impacting fish and wildlife.
Definition of frog's-bit in US English:
frog's-bit
nounˈfrôɡzˌbit
A floating freshwater plant with creeping stems that bear clusters of small rounded leaves.
Two species in the family Hydrocharitaceae: Eurasian frog's-bit (Hydrocharis morsus-ranae) and American frog's-bit (Limnobium spongia)
Example sentencesExamples
Other species found during the survey include coontail, fragrant waterlily, American pondweed, duckweed, American frogbit, cattail, soft-stem bulrush, and arrowhead.
European frogbit can displace native aquatic plants and deplete dissolved oxygen levels, impacting fish and wildlife.
Since its introduction in Ottawa, European frogbit has become one of the dominant plants in many eastern-Ontario wetlands, and has reduced native plant biodiversity.
However, I have a feeling that this floater takes in lots of nutrients as my frogbits are growing yellow.
I have about 25% of the surface covered with frogbits.