Pond Boss Forums Thread Like Summary - Chara or Widgeongrass?

So I owned this pond two years ago. Small pond with a surprising number of ducks eating this stuff. Growing in about 3ft of water. I dont remember a smell but didnt really sniff it. Unfortunately it dried up so I cant go back and find out for sure. I'd like to ID it and try to get it established in another nearby pond. Thanks!

snipe, the picture posted is not the greatest when I try to identify but the pic does look like bushy Pondweed to me. Believe me, I know that veggie because it took over my 3-acre pond really fast. It got so bad that I knew I had a fish kill coming and after a few cloudy, rainy days it did. Killed off all my HSB and most of my Lmb along with a few trophy CNBG. I also agree that BPW does look a lot like Wigeon Grass. One of the reasons I lean toward BPW is that when I spoke to Bob Lusk he told me there were a lot of ponds in Texas last year where BPW showed up. And toledo is at College Station almost considered in E. Texas where there are a lot of ponds and the plant popped its head up as Bob said in the last two years.