Irish wildflowers
Photographs: The Burren, Co. Clare |
Stoneworts Charophytes (Chara) Aol-lus Family: Characeae Native. Stoneworts are submerged aquatic algae and are believed to be the closest relative of green land plants. They are multi-cellular, branched, with whorls of small branchlets at the nodes and frequently encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits. Chlorophyll-using, found in fresh or brackish water throughout most of Ireland. Approximately 33 different species occur in Britain and Ireland. Identified by Paul Green |
Stoneworts, Charophytes (Chara)
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