Chara (Muskgrass; Stonewort) Missouri Department of Conservation

These aquatic algae look like regular vascular plants because they form stemlike, leaflike, and rootlike structures. Chara (pronounced care-uh or karr-uh) is gray green, with a crisp, gritty texture, a musky or garlicky odor, and whorls of needlelike structures that resemble leaves. The tiny dark balls that form on the whorls of plant are sporangia, which are spore-forming, reproductive structures. Removed from water, chara becomes grayish or white once it dries.

April 18, 2018 board meeting packet by Capitol Region Watershed

Volume 22, Issue 2

AK Aquatic Plants - Alaska Region, US Fish and Wildlife Service

PDF) Realized niche shift associated with the Eurasian charophyte

Muskgrass (Chara) - AquaPlant: Management of Pond Plants & Algae

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Chara (Muskgrass; Stonewort) Missouri Department of Conservation

Nuisance Aquatic Plant ID Missouri Department of Conservation

Filamentous Green Algae (Pond Scum)

Muskgrass (Chara) - AquaPlant: Management of Pond Plants & Algae

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