A common green freshwater alga which forms long unbranched filaments, sometimes becoming a problem in over-enriched water and garden ponds.
Genus Spirogyra, division Chlorophyta (or phylum Chlorophyta, kingdom Protista)
Example sentencesExamples
- Back at home, one of our chores this week has been scooping blanket weed out of the pond.
- He does admit that blanket weed can be a nuisance with newly installed ponds, particularly towards the end of a hot summer.
- The shade from the lily pads and the maple was sufficient to keep down the slimy blanket weed that was threatening to fill the pond earlier in the season.
- I climbed down from the tree and sat by the rod looking at the limp line running out over the blanket weed that enveloped this part of the lake.
- I knew a few casts would be needed to get the baits in clear areas as a lot of dead blanket weed was on the bottom.