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Common Name: Eriocaulon Setaceum
Scientific Name: Eriocaulon sp. "Setaceum"
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 6.5
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Hard
Origin: Australia
Position in Aquascape: Background, Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Eriocaulon Aquatica
Scientific Name: Eriocaulon sp. Aquaticum
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 6 - 6.5
Lighting: Medium, High
Growth Rate: Slow, Medium
Difficulty: Medium, Hard
Origin:
Position in Aquascape: Background, Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Eriocaulon sp Australia "Red"
Scientific Name: Eriocaulon sp Australia "Red"
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 84.2F(20 - 29C)
pH: 5 - 6.5
Lighting: High, Very High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Hard, Very Hard
Origin: Australia
Position in Aquascape: Foreground
 

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Common Name: Eriocaulon Type II
Scientific Name: Eriocaulon Type II
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 6.5
Lighting: Medium, High, Very High
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Medium
Origin:
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Eriocaulon Cinereum
Scientific Name: Eriocaulon sp. "Cinereum"
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 66.2 - 84.2F(19- 29C)
pH: 5 - 6.5
Lighting: High, Very High
Growth Rate: Slow, Medium
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Asia
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground, Foreground
 

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Common Name: Fissidens Fontanus
Scientific Name: Fissidens Fontanus
Category: Ferns and Mosses
Temperature: 73.4 - 82.4F(23 - 28C)
pH: 6 - 7.5
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Very Slow, Slow
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: North America
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground, Foreground
 

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Common Name: Amazon Frogbit
Scientific Name: Limnobium Laevigatum
Category: Floating Plants
Temperature: 39.2 - 89.6F(4-32C)
pH: 6.0 - 7.5
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: Tropical America
Position in Aquascape: Floating
 

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Common Name: Glosso
Scientific Name: Glossostigma Elatinoides
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 59 - 77F(15 - 25C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Australia
Position in Aquascape: Foreground
 

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Common Name: Greater Duckweed/Giant Duckweed
Scientific Name: Spirodela Polyrhiza
Category: Floating Plants
Temperature: 59 - 86F(15 - 30C)
pH: 6 - 8
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Cosmopolitan
Position in Aquascape: Floating
 

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Common Name: HC, Hemianthus Callitrichoides
Scientific Name: Hemianthus Callittrichoides
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 64.4 - 82.4F(18 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Cuba
Position in Aquascape:
 

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Common Name: Hemigraphis Traian
Scientific Name: Hemigraphis Traian
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 66.2 - 86F(19 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: Medium, High, Very High
Growth Rate: Medium, Fast
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Brazil
Position in Aquascape: Background, Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Crimson Ivy
Scientific Name: Hemiographis Colorata
Category: Terrarium Plants
Temperature: 71.6 - 82.4F(22 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Indonesia
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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

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Common Name: Hygrophila Roraima
Scientific Name: Hygrophila Roraima
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 71.6 - 80.6F(22 - 27C)
pH: 6 -6.5
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Argentina
Position in Aquascape: Foreground
 

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Common Name: Islamorada
Scientific Name: Nymphaea Islamorada
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 64.4 - 99F(18 - 37C)
pH: 6 - 8.5
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: USA
Position in Aquascape: Background
 

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Common Name: Japanese Spatterdock
Scientific Name: Nuphar Japonica
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 68 - 82.4F(20 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Japan
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Java Fern
Scientific Name: Microsorum Pteropus
Category: Ferns and Mosses
Temperature: 64.4 - 86F(18 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Very Low
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Southeast Asia
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Philippine Java Fern
Scientific Name: Microsorum Pteropus "Philippine"
Category: Ferns and Mosses
Temperature: 64.4 - 86F(18 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Philippines
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground
 

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Common Name: Java Moss
Scientific Name: Taxiphyllum Barbieri
Category: Ferns and Mosses
Temperature: 64.4 - 86F(18 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Very Low
Growth Rate: Very Slow
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Asia
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground, Foreground
 

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Common Name: Jungle Val
Scientific Name: Vallisneria Americana Gigantea
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: (15 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Asia
Position in Aquascape: Background
 

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