My plant information thread.

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Duckweed:
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"Duckweeds grow quickly and produce new offshoots rapidly. "

"Their communities occur, as a rule, in small water bodies, namely in fishponds, ditches, or lagoons"

"Duckweeds are small, free-floating, largely asexual and highly neotenous organisms."
 
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I posted a duckweed article before, although im going to keep the articles in this thread.
Also this duckweed post includes microscope pics of various species and additional information.
 

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If anyone wants info about a specific plant / plants ask in here and i can put together info about the plants.
 

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java moss info




comparison of normal moss and java moss
 

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Jungle Val


"In the wild, Jungle Val plants can grow up to six feet tall!"

"The plant puts out runners underneath the substrate."


"The genus is widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions of Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America."


"Jungle vals prefer slow moving water, and it primarily inhabits lakes, ponds, and streams."
 

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Isla Taboga Panama via Milwaukee
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The thin spirals are Vallisneria flower stalks, if you look closely you can see the tiny flowers above.
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The Val in the 6 ft tank above grows in a fairly strong current.
It has the ability to out compete and over take many slow growing plants.

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