menyanthes

Marsh-Trefoil (Menyanthes trifoliata)

The larvae are aquatic and feed on Menyanthes, Lemna, eelgrass, Potamogeton and Cyperaceae species.

The constant species are Carex rostrata, Potentilla palustris, Galium palustre, and Menyanthes trifoliata.

The name Menyanthes comes from the Greek words menyein, meaning "disclosing", and anthos, meaning "flower", in reference to the sequential opening of flowers on the inflorescence.

The genera Menyanthes and Nephrophyllidium grow only in the northern hemisphere, while Liparophyllum and Villarsia occur only in the southern hemisphere.

Buckbean, Marsh Trefoil, Menyanthes, Menyanthes trifoliata, Trèfle d'Eau, Water Shamrock.

An inventory in 1998 documented Common Reed, Water Horsetail, Menyanthes, Yellow Water-lily, White Water-lily, Floating-leaf Pondweed, and Flatleaf Bladderwort.

This fen is also one of the few Canadian locations for the Bogbean Buckmoth a species of silk moth that feeds on another typical fen plant, Bogbean (Menyanthes trifoliata)(see photo at lower right).