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Scientific Name |
Item |
Illustration |
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Limnophila taoyuanensis Yang &Yen |
Family Name |
Submerged plants |
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Feature
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Height of 8-25cm, slim and long stem. 6-12 vertical
leaves. Light purple corolla of 6-8mm, 2 long and 2
short androecium. White flowers protrude over the water
level when blooming. |
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Distribution
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Found in the wetlands of northeast Taiwan.
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Quantity
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About 100. |
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Exiting Danger
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Competition with other wetland plants.
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Transplant Evaluation |
Lakes nearby would be most suitable for transplant,
however must avoid competition with other plants.
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Trapa bispinosa Roxb. var. iinumai
Nakano |
Family Name |
Trapaceae |
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Features
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Diamond shape leaves of 3-4cm long. The ridges of the
leaves are in irregular shapes. Large leave stalk with
airbag inside, this helps the plant to float. 4 pink
petals with a flower season of May to July. . |
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Distribution |
Only found in Swan-Lien-Pei |
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Quantity |
About 1000. |
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Existing Danger |
Immigrants should be removed, or be replaced due to
competition.
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Transplant Evaluation
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Lakes near by would be suitable for transplant, since
they are sensitive to weather changes. |
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Utricularia aurea |
Family Name |
Utricularia |
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Features
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No roots, with their
theca
sac on the leave. Yellow lip shaped flowers with flower
stalk of 1-3cm, 2
androecium. Round shape fruit, and oval shape seed.
Flowers protrude after blooming. Thus they are hard to
be seen out of their florescence. Numerous
thecas
on the plant to pray on the microorganisms in water.
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Distribution
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Found mostly in the low altitude wetlands of northern
region. |
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Quantity
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More then 2000. |
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Existing Danger |
Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant Evaluation
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Lakes nearby would be most suitable for transplant,
however must avoid competition with other plants. |
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Pictuer
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Potamogeton octandrus |
Family Name |
Potamogetonaceae
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Type |
Submerged plants |
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Features
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Perennial
herbaceous plant with underground stem. Floating oval
leaves of 2.5-3.5cm long and 5-8mm wide. 4 androecium.
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Distribution
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Mostly found in the swamps or streams in the mid to
north region.
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Quantity
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About 500.
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation changes the natural habitat.
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Transplant Evaluation |
Streams or rivers. |
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Eleocharis ochrostachys Steudel |
Family Name |
Cyperaceae
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Type |
Emerged plants |
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Features
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40-80cm tall, column like stem stalk, retrograded
leaves. Egg like
akene
of 1.5mm. |
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Distribution
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Only found in Swan-Lien-Pei |
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Quantity
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About 500. |
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant Evaluation
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Wetlands or lakes with low altitude.
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Cladium jamaicense Crantz subsp. chinense (Nees) T.
Koyama |
Family Name |
Cyperaceae
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Feature
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1.5-2.5m in height, pillar like stem stalk, irregular
saw-like ridge on the leave. Oval shape |
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Distribution
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Largest primitive aquatic plant in Taiwan. |
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Quantity
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About 100. |
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant
Evaluation
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Lakes nearby would be most suitable for transplant,
however must avoid competition with other plants.
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Salix kusanoi (Hayata) Schneider |
Family Name |
Salicacae |
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Type
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Submerged plants |
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Feature
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3-7m tall, leaves are oval or needle shaped of 5-9cm in
length and 2-3cm in width. Light yellow flowers of
3-6cm. Cotton produced from the mature seed. The seed is
carried by the wind. |
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Distribution |
Primitively found in Taiwan, very few found in the wild,
mostly found in Yi-Lan, Nan-Tou and Ping-Dung.
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Quantity
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About 50.
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant Evaluation
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Can be transplanted anywhere up to the altitude of
1000m, can also be reproduce by means of stem cutting.
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Cyperus exaltatus Retz. |
Family Name |
Cyperaceae
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Feature
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Up to 150cm in height. Triangular smooth stem stalk. 2
visible white mark on the back of the leave.
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Distribution
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Mostly found in the low altitude wetlands. |
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Quantity
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About 500.
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant Evaluation
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Can be transplanted in low altitude wetlands, but need
to avoid competition with other plants.
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Cyperus exaltatus Retz. |
Family Name |
Cyperaceae |
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Type |
Emerged plants |
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Feature
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Up to 120cm, have underground roots and stems. Leaves
are degenerated. |
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Distribution
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Distributed up to land with 2000meter altitude,
island-wide.
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Quantity
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About 250.
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant Evaluation |
Can be transplanted to any low altitude wetlands.
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Philydrum lanuginosum |
Family Name |
Philydraceae |
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Type |
Emerged
plants |
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Feature
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Over 1 meter tall, leaves are sword like that grows from
the base of the stem. 20-50cm long and 3-6cm wide, light
green in color. Floral axis of 40-100cm with silky furs
on. Each fruit contains up to few hundred seeds inside.
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Distribution
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Found only in the northern part of Taiwan
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Quantity
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About 30. |
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant Evaluation
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Lakes nearby would be most suitable for transplant,
however must avoid competition with other plants. |
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Picture
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Brasenia schreberi
Gmel. |
Family Name |
Cabombaceae |
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Feature
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Underground roots and stems, young shoots covered in
mucus. Oval shaped green leaves, however the posterior
side of the leave is purple. |
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Distribution
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Only found in some lakes of Yi-Lan. |
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Quantity
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About 10.
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Existing Danger
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Soil preparation and competition with other plants.
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Transplant Evaluation
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Sensitive to weather changes, thus need to transplant to
nearby lakes, but still need to avoid competition with
other plants.
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Eleocharis dulcis（Burm. f.）Trin. ex
Henschel |
Family Name |
Cyperaceae |
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type |
Emerged plants |
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Feature
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30-100cm tall, with straight long hollow stalks. White
flowers of 3-5 cm.
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Distribution |
Can be found in wetlands. |
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Quantity
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About 1200.
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Existing Danger
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Soil Preparation and competition with other plants.
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Heliotropium indicum |
Family Name |
Boraginaceae |
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type |
Emerged plants |
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Feature
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Furless leaf sheath.
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Distribution
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Can be found almost anywhere.
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Picture
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Sagittaria trifolia L |
Family Name
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Alismaceae |
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type |
Emerged plants |
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Feature |
They live under water as young shoots, during flower
season they grow out of water and the leaves are arrow
shaped. Numerous underground bulbs are produced and they
are difficult to be removed, so the farmers despise them
very much. Nevertheless they are very beautiful plants,
their beautiful large flowers makes other aquatic plants
incomparable. |
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Distribution
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Farms, trenches, ponds and swamps.
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