Not water cress ?

[terryd 8,045]

Found this stuff growing on a little stream that cut across a newish forestry track. At first I thought I had found some water cress which I have never seen before. But looking at pics on google that looks to not be the case

 

[terryd 8,045]

mmm then again does look bit like this one

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[DIDO.1 20,881]

I'm thinking it is water cress. 

[Daniel cain 42,892]

On 19/04/2023 at 08:00, terryd said:

Found this stuff growing on a little stream that cut across a newish forestry track. At first I thought I had found some water cress which I have never seen before. But looking at pics on google that looks to not be the case

 

you find that stuff growing next to  really clean water courses around my way.. usually where a spring comes out the ground

[terryd 8,045]

Yea its crystal clear run of water. Its below some sheep fields though and apparently don't eat raw due to liver fluke ? Might be wrong. Never seen it before and alls fancied trying it. Will have to do a bit more research 

Edited April 24, 2023 by terryd

[paulus 26]

It is water cress, When i was a kid the local sewerage farm purified its treated water by pumping it into a top lagoon full of the stuff, it would then trickle down 3 further lagoons full of water cress before eventually entering the river, We called it the Grass Plots. Incredible place for wildlife but then they installed tower sand filters and sold the land for building.