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A miniature home terrarium. Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Arizona. A vivarium (Latin for 'place of life'; pl. vivaria or vivariums) is an area, usually enclosed, for keeping and raising animals or plants for observation or research. Water-based vivaria may have open tops providing they are not connected to other water bodies.
A paludarium is a type of vivarium that incorporates both terrestrial and aquatic elements. Paludaria (or paludariums) usually consist of an enclosed container in which organisms specific to the biome being simulated are kept. They may be maintained for purely aesthetic reasons or for scientific or horticultural purposes.
A Wardian case. The Wardian case was an early type of terrarium, a sealed protective container for plants.It found great use in the 19th century in protecting foreign plants imported to Europe from overseas, the great majority of which had previously died from exposure during long sea journeys, frustrating the many scientific and amateur botanists of the time.
XXXFLOWER Plant Terrarium with Wooden Stand, Air Planter Bulb Glass Vase Metal Swivel Holder Retro Tabletop for Hydroponics Home Garden Office Decoration - 3 Bulb Vase ... and it's on sale now!
Plants can be successfully grown in a terrarium-like environment, mounted bare-root on a decay-resistant, untreated wooden stock with the wood laid horizontally on top of a bed of living sphagnum moss, as the plants require high humidity and stagnant air, or, in a Wardian case or greenhouse which approximates these conditions.
A freshwater aquarium with plants and various tropical fish The underwater tunnel in the London aquarium. An aquarium (pl.: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed.
The Postcode Plants Database was a UK resource [clarification needed] for identifying locally native plants and species based on postcode, hosted by the Natural History Museum in London. This resource has been replaced by the analysis pages on the NBN Atlas website. There you can choose to display any groups of UK wildlife within a radius of ...
Senegal tea plant: Gymnocoronis spilanthoides 15 August 2019 Sosnowsky’s hogweed: Heracleum sosnowskyi 3 August 2016 Tree of Heaven: Ailanthus altissima 15 August 2019 Vine-like fern: Lygodium japonicum 15 August 2019 Water hyacinth: Eichhornia crassipes 3 August 2016 Water-primrose: Ludwigia grandiflora 3 August 2016 Whitetop weed ...