Great Duckweed

Duckweed

Spirodela polyrhiza

Size: to 0.1"

Habitat: floating free at surface

Notes: Among the smallest seed plants; important food for many waterfowl.


Shipwreck Chaparra
Type:
shipwreck, freighter, Cuba
Name:
a seaport in northeastern Cuba
also Spanish for "cowboy" or slang for "shorty"
Built:
1906, Scotland, as Tinhow
Specs:
( 249 x 38 ft ) 1510 gross tons, 29 crew
Sunk:
Sunday October 27, 1918
struck mine laid by U-117 - 6 casualties
Depth:
80 ft