martin_b
05-01-2011, 03:11 PM
Today a friend and I moved some ranunculus from one of the tributaries of my home stream to the main stem where they were much needed due to the farming industry's "maintenance" of our waterways.
I have recently learned that if you plant ranunculus in front of the Bur-reed (Sparganium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparganium)) that plague many of our streams and call for heavy weeding to preserve the draining of the farming fields, the ranunculus will outcompete the Bur-reed. This is very good, because ranunculus don't restrict the draining capabilities of a stream because it moves up and down with the water levels as opposed to the Bur-reed that grow quickly and restrict waterflow, thus no weeding is nescessary and draining of the water is preserved when ranunculus os the dominant species.
Furthermore you could ask for no better plant than ranunculus in a stream since it provides excellent cover for fish and is a great place for aquatic insects to live. Now I'll wait a few days and see if this moving of ranunculus will be a success, and if it is, we will start a major planting out :)
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/ranunculus/1.jpghttp://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/1.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/2.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/3.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/4.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/5.jpg
Martin
I have recently learned that if you plant ranunculus in front of the Bur-reed (Sparganium (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparganium)) that plague many of our streams and call for heavy weeding to preserve the draining of the farming fields, the ranunculus will outcompete the Bur-reed. This is very good, because ranunculus don't restrict the draining capabilities of a stream because it moves up and down with the water levels as opposed to the Bur-reed that grow quickly and restrict waterflow, thus no weeding is nescessary and draining of the water is preserved when ranunculus os the dominant species.
Furthermore you could ask for no better plant than ranunculus in a stream since it provides excellent cover for fish and is a great place for aquatic insects to live. Now I'll wait a few days and see if this moving of ranunculus will be a success, and if it is, we will start a major planting out :)
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/ranunculus/1.jpghttp://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/1.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/2.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/3.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/4.jpg
http://www.holmbangsoe.dk/webimg/smallstreams/vandranunkel/5.jpg
Martin