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  • There are about 25 different species of mints and peppermint is actually a natural hybrid cross between Mentha aquatica (water mint) and Mentha spicata (spearmint).

    Mint V | SciFi, Fantasy & Horror Collectibles 2009

  • It includes Albizia carbonaria, Calophyllum brasiliense var. rekoi, Inga, Cecropia, Ficus and Lonchocarpus spp., balsa Ochroma lagopus, Luehea seemannii, Pachira aquatica and Heliconia.

    Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve, Honduras 2008

  • Eyeing the price tags on houseplants, I walked farther down the aisle, pausing beside a row of trunk-braided, leafy trees labeled Pachira aquatica, or “Money Tree.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009

  • Eyeing the price tags on houseplants, I walked farther down the aisle, pausing beside a row of trunk-braided, leafy trees labeled Pachira aquatica, or “Money Tree.”

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tough Times, Tough People Jack Canfield 2009

  • Talking about water spiders, years ago back in England I kept a diving bell spider Argyroneta aquatica in a freshwater aquarium which contained lots of plants and many other local critters.

    Huge spider with hairy legs AYDIN 2009

  • An Oregon scientist has discovered the first known species of gilled underwater mushroom, Psathyrella aquatica, in the cold waters of the Rogue River.

    Archive 2007-11-01 2007

  • Quite common are northern bur-reed Sparganium hyperboreum, small pondweed Potamogeton pusillus ssp. groenlandicus, dwarf water-crowfoot Ranunculus confervoides and occasionally awlwort Subularia aquatica, which only blooms if the pond is totally desiccated (where the mudworm Limosella aquatica also thrives).

    Ilulissat Icefjord, Denmark-Greenland 2008

  • Valley dominants are tupelo (Nyssa aquatica), oak (Quercus spp.), and bald cypress (Taxodium distichum).

    Ecoregions of Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia (EPA) 2008

  • River swamp forests of bald cypress (Taxodium distichum) and water tupelo (Nyssa aquatica) and oak-dominated bottomland hardwood forests provide important wildlife corridors and habitat.

    Ecoregions of Mississippi (EPA) 2008

  • On the edges of rivers semi-aquatic species, such as Rotula aquatica, Hygrophila odora, Cyperus baikiei, occur and annuals, which disappear when the water level rises, are found in the periodically-flooded sands.

    Niokolo-Koba National Park, Senegal 2008

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