Water Spangles

Water Spangles struggled after being added to the Freshwater Lake. Primrose willow grew upward to reclaim light while crayfish grazed the floating plants from below, squeezing the new producer between plant competition and herbivory.

Water Spangles remain paired freshwater plant trial context.

One day after Water Spangles and Dollar Weed were added to the freshwater realm, animals were already feeding on them. Apple snails grazed dollarweed roots, crayfish tore into Water Spangles, flagfish searched the floating plants, and a Florida woods cockroach fed on dying leaves at night.

Water Spangles were introduced to compete with the primrose willow dominating the Freshwater Lake, while Dollar Weed was added to the Lakeshore as another fast-growing challenger. The record begins a plant-competition trial testing whether new edible producers can establish or be eaten out.

Water Spangles remains competing floating plant context.