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Water plant ID?

 
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Found a floating patch of it in a NC foothills river.  Grabbed a bit for my rainwater tank.  Seems cold hardy, pic was taken just a few days ago…
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could it be this    ?


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriophyllum_heterophyllum
 
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Don’t think so, the plant in question appears to have finer leaves.
 
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Almost certainly a milfoil.  Maybe this one?  I need to get in close and count whorls and leaflets…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myriophyllum_aquaticum
 
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Doesn’t appear to have made it through the mild zone 7 winter in my open top tote, but I’ll keep an eye out as it warms up.
 
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