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Aquatic plants are used to give the freshwater aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, absorb ammonia, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates. Some aquarium fish and invertebrates also eat live plants. Hobbyists use aquatic plants for aquascaping, of several aesthetic styles. Most of these plant ...
A. Albidella; Aldama media; Aldrovanda vesiculosa; Alismataceae; Alternanthera philoxeroides; Alternanthera reineckii; Althenia; Ammannia gracilis; Ammannia senegalensis
Ceratophyllum demersum, commonly known as hornwort (a common name shared with the unrelated Anthocerotophyta), rigid hornwort, [2] coontail, or coon's tail, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant, with a cosmopolitan distribution, native to all continents except Antarctica.
The C. submersum, is a free floating aquatic plant which forks from stem three to four times and ends have 6 to 8 threadlike tips. [12] The temperature tolerance is suggested to be between 4°C to 30°C, the optimal temperature is noted to be 15°C to 30°C. [13] The height of the plant is often 6 in. -12 in. (15-30 cm) or 12 in. -18 in. (30-45 ...
The waterwheel is a small, free floating and rootless aquatic plant, with a length of about 1.5 to 20 cm (9 ⁄ 16 to 7 + 7 ⁄ 8 in), and whorls of about 1 to 2 cm (3 ⁄ 8 to 13 ⁄ 16 in) in diameter. [6] At every 3 to 4 cm the plant branches, sometimes forming offshoots.
Familiar examples of aquatic plants include waterlily, lotus, duckweeds, mosquito fern, floating heart, water milfoils, mare's tail, water lettuce, water hyacinth, and algae. [4] Aquatic plants require special adaptations for prolonged inundation in water, and for floating at the water surface.
Cabomba caroliniana, commonly known as Carolina fanwort and various other names, is an aquatic perennial herbaceous plant native to North and South America. Having been a popular aquarium plant, it has been exported around the world, and has become an invasive species in Europe and Australia.
The flowers are small and inconspicuous, with the male and female flowers on the same plant. In ponds it forms thick buds in the autumn, which sink to the bottom and give the impression that the plant has been killed by the frost; but come spring, these will grow back into the long stems, slowly filling up the pond. [7] [8] [9] [10]