What is the water?

There are seven species of water ferns, all of which belong to the family of plants azolla . These unusual low growing plants do not look like traditional ferns, but more resemble moss with very small and hairy oval leaves. Water Fern is also known as Fairy Moss, Mosquito Fern and Duckweed Fern. They can be found growing on the surface of slowly moving or still fresh water, with rhizomes that grow and spread underwater. They are extremely fast growing and it was known that they would more than double in a few days. For this reason, they are planted in sunken rice fields in Asia, where they help absorb excess water and also keep the weed under control. When the ferns are rotting, they also add the necessary nitrogen to the rice fields. Water ferns will not prosper in very cold water. In cold climate they are often grown for their ornamental vision and often extend from control.

Growth similar to this water ferns can become a serious problem. On someH places are considered to be a harmful invasive weed. In many areas of the US, the sale of these plants is forbidden; In these areas, they should never be planted in open water. Growth is so strong that mosquitoes cannot penetrate ferns to put eggs in the water and is therefore also known as a mosquito.

Water ferns are often used as a nutritious feed for animals including pigs, chickens and cows. Plants are rich in vitamins and minerals and contain many necessary amino acids. When consuming these ferns, rather than conventional commercial feed, it was found that the chickens lay more eggs and produce more milk. They are also grown as food for shrimp and fish food and sometimes people consume them in salads. Dried water fern powder and sold in some natural food stores as a supplement.

water ferns produce no seeds but are distributed by disputes found on the lowerthe side of the ferns. As the ferns dry out, spores fall from plants. They can spread on the soil surface rich in compost and placed under bright light. They usually take several weeks to produce and create a green film that will soon turn into thousands of small new plants.