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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 ...
Shinnersia. Shinnersia rivularis, known as the Rio Grande bugheal[ 2] or Mexican oak leaf plant, is an aquatic plant native to Texas, Coahuila, and Nuevo León. It is classified in tribe Eupatorieae within family Asteraceae. [ 3][ 4][ 1][ 5] It is thought to be related to two other aquatic genera in this tribe, Sclerolepis and Trichocoronis. [ 6]
Nymphoides aquatica is an aquatic plant in the Menyanthaceae, native to the southeastern United States from Texas to Maryland. [1][2] It is known variously as the banana plant, banana lily, and the big floatingheart. It is most commonly called the banana plant because of its banana-shaped roots. These unusual roots store nutrients.
Elodea is a genus of 6 species of aquatic plants often called the waterweeds described as a genus in 1803. Classified in the frog's-bit family (Hydrocharitaceae), Elodea is native to the Americas [2] and is also widely used as aquarium vegetation and laboratory demonstrations of cellular activities. It lives in fresh water. [3]
Limnobium laevigatum is a floating aquatic plant, which can be mistaken for water hyacinth (Eichornia crassipes) due to their superficial similarity.Juvenile plants grow in rosettes of floating leaves that lie prostrate upon the water surface, a distinguishing character of the juvenile plant is the presence of spongy aerenchyma tissue upon the abaxial surface (underside) of the leaf.
The flower of Nymphaea alba, a species of water lily Bud of Nelumbo nucifera, an aquatic plant. Aquatic plants are plants that have adapted to living in aquatic environments (saltwater or freshwater). They are also referred to as hydrophytes or macrophytes to distinguish them from algae and other microphytes. A macrophyte is a plant that grows ...
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