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In August it will be time for gathering berries and wild celery out in the bush.

It is also one of many species in the celery family which are casually called wild celery.

No medals are awarded, only crowns of palm branches and wild celery.

Victors were awarded crowns of wild celery, just like their ancient predeccessors.

He carried bunches of wild carrots and wild celery.

The winners received a wreath of wild celery leaves from the city of Argos.

Hypsipyle put Opheltes on the ground in a bed of wild celery and walked away with them, to show them where it was.

Log-a-Log nibbled wild celery as he made his report to Matthias.

An invader from the Orient, water chestnuts are wiping out wild celery, a favorite food of ducks.

Grumm made excellent wild celery and herb soup then experimented on some barley scones.

Wild celery, 'Valisneria americana', is a favourite food and is the origin of this bird's species name.

"The best birds are the ones from certain Maryland marshes where wild celery grows, which is why the flesh has a celery taste."

She stirred impatiently, so I said, "Roast duck, fresh bread, wild celery, hot coffee - how does that sound?"

Since there was a lack of agriculture in this region the Chono ate native berries, roots, fruits, and wild celery .

She hunted and fished her family, as well as gathered native plant foods, such as berries or wild celery.

Contrary to the implications of one of its common names, wild celery bears little to no resemblance to the celery used as a vegetable.

The canvasback has been dubbed the epicure's duck, but that applies only to ducks that have eaten wild celery.

Garden Angelica (wild celery)

Judy, meanwhile, wandered down the beach and came back with wild celery and yellow violets and something she called beach lettuce.

Some sources claim that Angelica archangelica (often referred to as garden angelica, holy ghost, or wild celery) was also an ingredient.

Wild Celery (Tape Grass)

Other English names are Holy Ghost, Wild Celery, and Norwegian angelica.

All but two of those aboard survived the shipwreck, and, subsisting on wild celery, seals, penguins, and albatross, managed to build boats some months later.

Vitamin C is found in berries and plants, such as wild celery, wild crab apples, and a wide assortment of berries.

But what truly established the antique flavor of this one-day festival was the prize for winners: a wreath of wild celery, neither salable nor edible.

Vallisneria americana, commonly called wild celery, water-celery, tape grass, eelgrass, or flumine-Mississippi is a plant in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the "tape-grasses".

It is often called eelgrass, tape grass or vallis.

Wild Celery (Tape Grass)

Vallisneria americana, commonly called wild celery, water-celery, tape grass, eelgrass, or flumine-Mississippi is a plant in the family Hydrocharitaceae, the "tape-grasses".

The four families of Alismatales includes three genera within Hydrocharitaceae, a largely aquatic family of tape grasses, and seven other genera of marine species.

Vallisneria (named in honor of Antonio Vallisneri) is a genus of freshwater aquatic plant, commonly called eelgrass, tape grass or vallis.

Vallisneria spiralis, also known as Straight Vallisneria, Tape grass, or Eel grass is a common aquarium plant that prefers good light and a nutrient rich substrate.

"My little creek here used to be full of eelgrass," he said.

The eelgrass was thus able to survive the catastrophic impact of the disease.

Farmers may also sometimes remove eelgrass from their farming areas.

The state of Washington has already lost nearly 33% of its eelgrass population (www.preserveourisland.org).

But perhaps the most important thing to know is that nothing to do with eelgrass was ever remotely intended by anybody.

"Another thing we haven't figured out as yet is what causes mass mortality of eelgrass," Short said.

The tale of Mumford's eelgrass is only partly about nature, however.

Also, there are more predators in the area and less eelgrass, where the scallops nest.

Plans for restoring the eelgrass are still being devised.

Learn how to use eelgrass to oxygenate your pond, fountain, or water garden.

One meadow of cloned eelgrass was determined to be 3000 years old, genetically.

The eelgrass community provides habitat for several organisms, especially the young of fish and invertebrates.

Up came a green clutch of eelgrass - short, perhaps a bit stunted from the cold winter - but alive and well.

Bottom dwelling rockfish have also seen a decline due to a lack of eelgrass.

A number of reasons contribute to the decline in eelgrass population, including, but not limited to:

"One hypothesis is that the places we have eelgrass are the places the birds haven't discovered yet."

Eelgrass is also an important food source for waterfowl, especially Brant, a type of goose.

Beds of eelgrass, the dominant variety in the southern bay, have shrunk by more than half there since the early 1970s.

It is often called eelgrass, tape grass or vallis.

Eelgrass was also used as fodder for cattle and to thatch roofs.

Straw-colored eelgrass leans with the wind beneath a bare willow.

Scallops nest in eelgrass, which helps keep them off the bottom and hidden from predators.

Just rake up that storm-delivered eelgrass and spread it for mulch.

The presence of the mussel has been shown to affect rhizome growth in the eelgrass.

A blight decimated the eelgrass, which ended harvesting of the plant.

Clear water - algae, mosses, Freshwater eel grass (Vallisneria americana).

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Examples include elodea (Elodea canadensis) and eelgrass (Vallisneria americana).

The species name valisineria comes from the plant Vallisneria americana, whose winter buds and rhizomes are the Canvasback's preferred food during the nonbreeding period.

Litopenaeus setiferus is an omnivore; in Lake Pontchartrain, it feeds chiefly on the seagrass Vallisneria americana and detritus.

The Giant Vallis Vallisneria americana will fit nicely at the rear and the Pigmy Sword Echinodorus tenellus at the front.

The lake bottom is more than half covered by a submeresed macrophyte community, including Vallisneria americana, Elodea canadensis, Potamogeton amplifolius, and Najas flexilis.

For example, the USGS has created a model for the American wild celery (Vallisneria americana) by developing a statistical model that calculates the probability of submersed aquatic vegetation.

The largest varieties are often called Vallisneria gigantea regardless of their actual taxonomic designation; in fact most of the plants sold as Vallisneria gigantea are actually Vallisneria americana.