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Originally posted by Robert H:
Thats interesting. Can you list the 49 plants?
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Sure, here is the list:
Azolla pinnata
A. filiculoides
A. filiculoides variety
rubra Ceratophyllum demersum
Chara species (possibly
C. corallina)
Chara species (I have no idea which one this is)
Crassula helmsii
Cryptocoryne wendtii
Didiplis diandra
Echinodorus species (some kind of chain sword but I'm not sure which one)
Egeria species
Elatine gratioloides
Eleocharis accicularis
E. pusilla
E. species (I am waiting for it to produce some seed heads to identify it)
Glossostigma elatinoides
Hemianthus micranthemoides
Hydrilla verticillata
Hydrocotyle verticillata
H. species (possibly
H. leucocephala but I'm not sure)
Hyrgophila difformis
H. polysperma "Rosanervig"
H. species "Narrow-leaf"
Landoltia punctata
Lilaeopsis brasilensis
L. polyantha
Limnophila sessiliflora
Ludwigia arcuata
L. peploides subspecies
montevidensis
L. repens
Lysimachia nummalaria
Marsilea drummondii
M. mutica
Myriophyllum aquaticum
M. caput medusae
M. crispatum
M. papillosum
M. salsugineum
M. simulans
M. variifolium
Microsorum pteropus
Najas species
Nitella species
Nymphoides crenata
Potamogeton australiensis
P. crispus
Ranunculus amphitrichus
Riccia fluitans
Ricciocarpus natans
Rotala rotundifolia
Spirodela polyrhiza
Triglochin procera
Utricularia gibba subspecies
exoleta
Vallisneria americana variety
gigantea
V. spiralis
Vesicularia dubyana
When I actually sat down and thought about it, I discovered I had acquired a few more plant species since I last counted; I could remember 56 different plants off the top of my head, I think (not including a few plants whose names I don't know). If I actually went and counted them I might find some more but this list gives you a good idea of the types of plants I am growing.
As you can see, there aren't any "difficult" species, but neither are they all typical low-tech plants. I hope more people with low-tech tanks will try growing plants that supposedly need CO2 injection and high light levels. Don't get me wrong - I love tanks with mosses, Crypts and Java Ferns - I just think that people with low-tech tanks should not be limited to these kinds of plants simply because they believe nothing else will grow in their tanks. I know other people in "El Natural" have also had success with groundcovers and a variety of stem plants.
From Alex.