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Fishgrass

Cabomba haynesii

Cabomba haynesii is a submerged aquatic plant from the water-shield family, native to the Caribbean, Central America and tropical South America. It grows well as an aquarium or pond plant when kept fully submerged in clean, moderately lit water.

Family
Cabombaceae (Cabomb family)
Grows as
Aquatic
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Keep fully submerged in aquarium or pond water; it does not grow on land.
Soil
Rooted in aquarium substrate or fine gravel, or left floating; does not need rich soil.
Temperature
20–28 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Easy
Native range
C. America to WC. Brazil, Caribbean
Climate
wet tropical

About

Cabomba haynesii is a species of aquatic plant in the family Cabombaceae native to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.

Other Cabomba plants

Giant Cabomba · Carolina Fanwort · Cabomba caroliniana var. flavida · Carolina Fanwort · Carolina fanwort · Forked fanwort · Fish Grass · Giant Cabomba · Fanwort

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cabomba haynesii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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