Comprehensive List Of Plant Profiles

[roydooms]

Common Name: Water Hyacinth
Scientific Name: Eichornia sp.
Category: Flowers
Temperature: 41 - 75.2(5 - 24C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Very Fast
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: South America
Position in Aquascape: Floating

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Watermeal
Scientific Name: Wolffia spp.
Category: Floating Plants
Temperature: 62.6 - 78.8F(17 - 26C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Very Fast
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Worldwide
Position in Aquascape: Floating

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Waterwheel Plant
Scientific Name: Aldrovanda Vesiculosa
Category: Floating Plants
Temperature: 77 - 86F(25 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 6.5
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Austarlia, Europe
Position in Aquascape: Floating

 

[roydooms]

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

 

[roydooms]

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

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Whorled Pennywort
Scientific Name: Hydrocotyle Verticillata
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: (10 - 25C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Hard
Origin: South America
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground, Foreground

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Willow Hygro
Scientific Name: Hygrophila Angustifolia
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 64.4 - 82.4F(18 - 28C)
pH: 6.5 - 7.5
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Medium
Difficulty: Easy
Origin: New Guinea, Australia
Position in Aquascape: Background

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Wysteria
Scientific Name: Hygrophila Difformis
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 75.2 - 82.4F(24 - 28C)
pH: 6.5- 7.5
Lighting: Medium
Growth Rate: Fast
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Asia Minor And Southeast Asia
Position in Aquascape: Background

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Coffee Anubias
Scientific Name: Anubias Barteri "Coffeefolia"
Category: Anubias and Lagenandra
Temperature: 69.8 - 86F(21 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Very Slow
Difficulty: Easy
Origin:
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Shoreweed
Scientific Name: Littorella Uniflora
Category: Rosette Plants
Temperature: 33 - 77F(1 - 25C)
pH: 5.5 - 7
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Northern Hemisphere
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Ludwigia Inclinata
Scientific Name: Ludwigia Inclinata var Verticillata "Cuba"
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 64.4 - 82.4F(18 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 7
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow, Medium
Difficulty: Medium
Origin: Central America
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Lace Java Fern, Windelov Java Fern
Scientific Name: Microsorum Pteropus "Windelov"
Category: Ferns and Mosses
Temperature: 59 - 86F(15 - 30C)
pH: 5 - 8
Lighting: Low
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Very Easy
Origin: Cultivar
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Amarnth Redroot
Scientific Name: Alteranthera sp.
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature: 62.6 - 82.4F(17 - 28C)
pH: 5 - 7.5
Lighting: High
Growth Rate: Slow
Difficulty: Medium
Origin:
Position in Aquascape: Backgroumd, Mid-Ground

 

[roydooms]

Special thanks to these sources...

Sources:

Plantedtank.net
Plantgeek.net
Google.com
Aquapage.cz
Florida aquatics nurseries
Liveaquaria.com
Bitkiliakvaryum.com
Fishmagazine
Aquamoss.net
Xantusi Design LLC
Aquadigital.net
Toptropicals.com
Aquagrass.com
Aquamoss.net
members.aol.com/abdavisnc/swglist.HTML
Aquaticquotient.com
Aquanano.com
samitroy.org
Nestate-plants.net
Freshreef.com
Plantas Aquaticas
Victri.net

Sources of some pictures(no website information just usernames. From google)

Medicineman
Mrkookm
Jeffrey Setiawan Sutanto
Vladimir Pelikan
Ethan Fisher
Javier Fraile
Oliver Knott
Oliver Risteski
Jay Luton
Wolfenxxx/08
Ghazanfar Ghori
Kris Weinhold

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Dauben's Water Lily
Scientific name: Nymphaea Daubenyana
Family: Nymphaeceae
Max Height: 30cm
Habitat: Swamp, Lakes, Slow-moving rivers
Lighting: High
Temperature: (24 - 28C)
pH: 7 - 8.5

 

[roydooms]

Common Name: Limnophila "Vietnam"
Scientific Name: Limnophila sp. "Vietnam"
Category: Stem Plants
Temperature:
pH:
Lighting: Medium, High
Growth Rate: Medium, Fast
Difficulty: Medium, Hard
Origin: Vietnam
Position in Aquascape: Mid-Ground, Foreground

Source: Mr. Limpet

 

[roydooms]

Additional information from one of the members. "Gillie"

The Hemigraghis colorata, Red Arrowhead and Lizard's tail are all marginal pond plants and not true aquatics and the Star moss as nice as it looks is not aquatic at all.

 

[Dylan5359]

Thanks for this roydooms. I already found some plants I want to throw in a future tank!

 

[adadkins1]

Yes, this will be indispensable to everybody who has or is thinking about a planted tank. Awesome work!

 

[roydooms]

Thank you both I'm glad I was able to help.