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unusual facts about Watercress


Mates, Dates series

She is arrogant and snobbish, and is given the nickname "WC" (Short from Watercress) by Nesta.


Bledlow railway station

A single siding equipped with a 2 ton yard crane handled goods traffic which consisted of watercress and English elm boles for trawling nets made locally in Longwick.

Coldwater darter

Aquatic moss, watercress, and milfoil are common habitats for the coldwater darter, as they perch on the clumps of vegetation.

River Chess

Historically, the clear chalk stream water of the River Chess, together with the fertile land, was ideal for growing watercress, and this industry which flourished in both Chesham and Rickmansworth in the Victorian era supplied London being transported on the newly constructed Metropolitan Railway.

Watercress darter

The watercress darter is only known to exist in four specific bodies of water, two in the Watercress Darter National Wildlife Refuge and two at the Seven Springs in the Powderly neighborhood of Birmingham.


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