Another plant for I'd please

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  1. Jiffy

    Jiffy The Match is on Fire

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    Hopefully this is the last for now
    Growing on the side of a ditch, and it's has a double stem
     
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    Assuming this is in the wild I would say wild parsley, wild parsnip or hemlock....
     
  3. greenfingerslad

    greenfingerslad Apprentice Gardener

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    Fool's Water-Cress - Apium nodiflorum. Common in and around ditches. t least it looks like it me - is it fairly prostrate, and perhaps rooting at nodes?
     
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      Thank you again Greenfingerslad
      I'm trying to find out what plants are in the ditch as i have to keep it clear because of flooding, so i want to know what to keep of the wildlife and what to get rid of :dbgrtmb:
       
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