Category hierarchy: Management | Parks & Protected Areas | Other ProtectionsDescription: Aquatic plants typical of still waters, ponds, and shallow wetlands: duckweeds, Watermoss, and American marshpennywort.Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS digital Rebel XTICapture details: with Canon zoom lense EF 75-300 mmOriginal date: 20080912Locality: Latitude: 2.916820000000000e+001; Longitude: -8.152140000000000e+001
Salvinia natans is a tropical water fern. In Israel it is rare and sporadic. The leaves have special hairs on the upper surface, these hairs prevent water to accumulate on the leaf, thus enabling it to float.
