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  2. List of freshwater aquarium plant species - Wikipedia

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    Aquatic plants are used to give the freshwater aquarium a natural appearance, oxygenate the water, absorb ammonia, and provide habitat for fish, especially fry (babies) and for invertebrates. Some aquarium fish and invertebrates also eat live plants. Hobbyists use aquatic plants for aquascaping, of several aesthetic styles. Most of these plant ...

  3. Aquatic plant - Wikipedia

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    In aquatic plants diffuse boundary layers (DBLs) around submerged leaves and photosynthetic stems vary based on the leaves' thickness, shape and density and are the main factor responsible for the greatly reduced rate of gaseous transport across the leaf/water boundary and therefore greatly inhibit transport of carbon dioxide. [16]

  4. Category:Aquatic plants - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Aquatic plants" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 214 total. This list may not reflect recent changes.

  5. Ceratophyllum demersum - Wikipedia

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    Ceratophyllum demersum, commonly known as hornwort (a common name shared with the unrelated Anthocerotophyta), rigid hornwort, [2] coontail, or coon's tail, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the genus Ceratophyllum. It is a submerged, free-floating aquatic plant, with a cosmopolitan distribution, native to all continents except Antarctica.

  6. Myriophyllum spicatum - Wikipedia

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    Myriophyllum spicatum (Eurasian watermilfoil [3] or spiked water-milfoil) is a submerged aquatic plant which grows in still or slow-moving water. It is native to Europe, Asia, and North Africa, but has a wide geographic and climatic distribution among some 57 countries, extending from northern Canada to South Africa. [4]

  7. Periphyton - Wikipedia

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    Periphyton is a complex mixture of algae, cyanobacteria, heterotrophic microbes, and detritus that is attached to submerged surfaces in most aquatic ecosystems. The related term Aufwuchs ( German "surface growth" or "overgrowth", pronounced [ˈaʊ̯fˌvuːks] ⓘ ) refers to the collection of small animals and plants that adhere to open ...