Today's Catch! Help Identify?

[Phaewryn]

Today I went to my local swamp and pulled these cute little things out of the edge of the water. What are they? They have an oval leaf about 2"×3", and slime coated stems that are pink.

Do you think I have enough root for them to be viable?

I'm including a photo of the trash that I picked up for the mile long strip of rural highway that this swamp runs alongside of. I think it's a very fair trade, these plants for picking up all the trash.

(Photo of dead opossum I moved out of the road not included)

 

[addy1]

No clue, lily type leaves.

If you put in the pond clean well . (Critters)

 

[Hound Heaven]

A google search led me to this. Maybe?

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/brasenia_schreberi.shtml

Thanks for getting the trash.

 

[Phaewryn]

No clue, lily type leaves.

If you put in the pond clean well . (Critters)

I always blast anything from the wild with the hose until the roots are bare:

 

[Phaewryn]

I have more than expected, if anyone wants them and is localish (I'm in Springfield Vermont, easy drive from MA, Southern NH, Southern VT.)

 

[Phaewryn]

A google search led me to this. Maybe?

https://www.fs.usda.gov/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/brasenia_schreberi.shtml

Thanks for getting the trash.

Pretty sure that's it. Thanks!

 

[j.w]

Pretty sure that's it. Thanks!

They say to put it in salads!

 

[Phaewryn]

They say to put it in salads!

I don't think I'm that brave.

 

[Phaewryn]

It's a very nice addition to the existing pond floaters, it's a much darker green, so it adds contrast.

I'm a little concerned that some of the descriptions I read says that it puts out a chemical that will discourage growth of other things. If everything else starts dying I might have to get rid of it but I'm hoping that that doesn't occur.

I'll probably trim off the leaves that were damaged when I got it in the next few days, I just wanted to give it a good chance to recover before I did too much to it considering how stressful the blasting it with the hose process must be.