wild celery
Submerged freshwater vegetation
Wild celery is any of several aquatic plants with celery-like leaves, particularly *Vallisneria americana*, which grows submerged in freshwater and serves as important food for waterfowl.
The term also applies to various coastal plants resembling cultivated celery but growing wild in marshes and shorelines.
- aquaticWater-inhabiting
- pondweedFreshwater aquatic plant
- waterfowlSwimming birds collectively
- canvasbackNorth American diving waterfowl
- duckWaterbird that quacks
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