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Common Name: Blyxa Auberti, Bamboo Plant, Roundfruit Blyxa
Scientific Name: Blyxa Aubertii
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 73.4 - 82.4F(23 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: South Asia and Australia
Position in Aquascape: Background, Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Blyxa Japonica
Scientific Name: Blyxa Japonica
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 71.6 - 82.4F(22 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Asia
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: African Water Fern
Scientific Name: Bolbitis Heudelotii
Category: Ferns and Mosses
Temperature: 68 - 80.6F(20 - 27C)
pH: 5 - 7.2
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Africa
Position in Aquascape: Background, Mid-Ground, Foreground
 

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Common Name: Broad Leaf Amazon Sword
Scientific Name: Echinodorus Bleheri
Category: Echinodorus
Temperature: 53.6 - 73.4F(12 - 23C)
pH: 4 - 8
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: Possibly Asia
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Broad Leaves Hygrophila
Scientific Name: Hygrophila Corymbosa "Stricta"
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5.5 - 8
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: Southeast Asia
Position in Aquascape: Background
 

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Common Name: Chinese Ivy
Scientific Name: Cardamine Lyrata
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 64.4 - 77F(18 - 25C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: Asia
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground, Foreground
 

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Common Name: Cardinal Flower
Scientific Name: Lobelia Cardinalis
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 41 - 78.8F(5-26C)
pH: 6 - 8
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Hard
Origin: North America
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Carolina Fanwort
Scientific Name: Cabomba Caroliniana
Category: Stem Plant
Temperature: 59 - 78.8F(15 - 26C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: North and South America
Position in Aquascape: Background
 

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Common Name: Ceylon Hygrophila
Scientific Name: Hygrophila Polysperma "Ceylon"
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5.5 - 8
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Easy
Origin:
Position in Aquascape: Background
 

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Common Name: Christmas Moss
Scientific Name: Taxiphyllum Montagnei
Category: Ferns and Mosses
Temperature: 59 - 82.4F(15 - 28C)
pH: 5.5 - 9
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Hard
Origin: Brazil
Position in Aquascape: Foreground
 

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Common Name: Compact Corymbosa
Scientific Name: Hygrophila Corymbosa var Compact
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 64.4 - 86F(18 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin:
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Creeping Jenny
Scientific Name: Lysimachia Nummularia "Aurea"
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 33.8 - 86F(1 - 30C)
pH: 6 - 8
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Very Fast
Origin: Europe, introduced to America
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Crinum Natans
Scientific Name: Crinum Natans
Category: Aponogtons and Criniums
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5.5 - 8
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: West Africa
Position in Aquascape: Background
 

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Common Name: Crinum Calamistratum
Scientific Name: Crinum Calamistratum
Category: Aponogetons and Criniums
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5.5 - 8
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: West Africa
Position in Aquascape: Background
 

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Common Name: Crypt Beckettii
Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne Beckettii
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 86F(20 -30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: Sri Lanka
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Crypt Spiralis
Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne Spiralis
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 86F(20 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Easy
Origin:
Position in Aquascape: Background, Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Tropica Crypt
Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne Wendtii "Tropica"
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 86F(20 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: Sri Lanka
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Cryptocoryne x Willisii
Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne x Willisii "lucens"
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 86F(20 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Sri Lanka
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Cryptocoryne Petchii/Micro crypt
Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne Petchii
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 84.2F(20 - 29C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Sri Lanka
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Cryptocoryne Balansae
Scientific Name: Cryptocoryne Crispatula "Balansae"
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: Thailand
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground, Foreground
 

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