How about pepper grass?

Looks like swag to me...definitely not skunkweed! : ;D

maybe its hydroponic???? ;D ;D

Have you tried drying some out, lighting it and seeing what it smells like?  

Without a doubt, Maui Wowie.

I FOUND IT::::::

This is I WISH THIS %^&@!*ING STUFF WOULD STOP FOULING MY CRANKS WEEDS ;D

I FOUND IT::::::

This is I WISH THIS %^&@!*ING STUFF WOULD STOP FOULING MY CRANKS WEEDS ;D

I heard that.

I've got this Helicopter Lure that keeps loading-up with BC Bud >

Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell.

Definatley what we call "COONTAIL" grass down here in Louisiana. I googled it just to make sure I was right and it looks just like it.  I think I got this one right.  

I think the more proper name of it is Ceratophyllum demersum. Google it and let me know what you think.

Definatley what we call "COONTAIL" grass down here in Louisiana. I googled it just to make sure I was right and it looks just like it. I think I got this one right.

I know coontail quite well  > and it isn't coontail.

Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell.

Burley, I'm pretty sure you're dealing with "Stonewort", the common name for Nitella.

Though it resembles Chara (muskgrass), Nitella has Y-forked filaments as in your photograph,

and is not musky smelling. Chara on the other hand, has mostly straight filaments and a garlic-like odor.

Roger

I can guarantee it aint Hydrilla, Milfoil, or Coontail Moss

Burley Shackleford wrote on Yesterday at 10:34pm:

Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell.

Burley, I'm pretty sure you're dealing with "Stonewort", the common name for Nitella.

Though it resembles Chara (muskgrass), Nitella has Y-forked filaments as in your photograph,

and is not musky smelling. Chara on the other hand, has mostly straight filaments and a garlic-like odor.

Roger

Roger is correct.

I went out and found some too. I've been mistaking Nitella for Chara, in places -I do have both. The Chara I have is the deepest "weed" I've got. The Nitella I've found was shallow -carpeting the shelf out to the where the milfoil wall starts.

I took a couple pics:

This species is different from Burley's, but there are many. The granules you can see on this one are spores. Burley's isn't producing spores at this time it seems.

Here's a site with images showing many species -from the UK but showing the diversity of form.

http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/001750.html

Burley Shackleford wrote on Yesterday at 10:34pm:

Got back into this stuff today, didn't have any skunky smell.

Burley, I'm pretty sure you're dealing with "Stonewort", the common name for Nitella.

Though it resembles Chara (muskgrass), Nitella has Y-forked filaments as in your photograph,

and is not musky smelling. Chara on the other hand, has mostly straight filaments and a garlic-like odor.

Roger

Roger is correct.

I went out and found some too. I've been mistaking Nitella for Chara, in places -I do have both. The Chara I have is the deepest "weed" I've got. The Nitella I've found was shallow -carpeting the shelf out to the where the milfoil wall starts.

I took a couple pics:

This species is different from Burley's, but there are many. The granules you can see on this one are spores. Burley's isn't producing spores at this time it seems.

Here's a site with images showing many species -from the UK but showing the diversity of form.

http://www.darwincountry.org/explore/001750.html

WOW!

Excellent field work Paul!

Roger

Send some pix to your local DNR. They should be able to help or at least steer you to someone that could.

OK...bringing this thread back up.

FYI:

Here's a pic of Chara, the other related macro-algae that is common in the north.

It is the one with the "skunky" odor, and is gritty when crushed. It does well in fairly deep water and coats the bottom of my clearer ponds, reaching up about 2 to 3 feet high from bottom.

Nitella, described above seems to be much shallower. (Thanks, Roger!)

Here's a sonar screen shot showing this deeper Chara "carpet" in one of my ponds.

Hey BL we have this site saved, it gives pics of a lot of invasive weeds. If you never have seen it before it may be here. Has pics and a lot of plants

http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/wq/plants/weeds/

Nice find link. Thanks