In June of the same year, spores of the plant that had naturally accumulated in the mud sprouted one after another, and by the following year mature plants from those spores were producing spores of their own. Even small floatingheart (Nymphoides coreana) and Eriocaulon buergerianum (a species of pipewort), which had long been absent there, reappeared. That news created quite a sensation within the conservation community.
同年 6 月，積藏於泥層中的台灣水韭孢子陸續萌發，去年新萌芽的成熟植株已開始釋放孢子繁衍，連湖區裡消失已久的「小莕菜」、「連萼榖精草」也重現芳蹤，都讓保育界大為振奮。