Before sealing the system, the Freshwater Lake needed a plant reset. Creeping primrose-willow had made the water clear by absorbing nutrients aggressively, but it also locked the lake into a dense tangle. Replacing it with Tapegrass reopened the water column and revealed active microcrustaceans moving through the new nutrient haze.
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Creeping primrose-willow
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Transcript context: removed overgrown creeping primrose-willow from the lake.
Tapegrass
Context
Transcript context: tapegrass was collected and planted as the replacement.