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Elodea canadensis
Also called American Pondweed, American Waterweed, Canadian Pondweed, Vascular Plants, Tracheophytes
Canadian waterweed is a fully submerged aquatic perennial with bright green leaves in whorls of three, commonly grown as an aquarium or pond plant. It needs clean, still or slow water and grows quickly, so trim it regularly.
Elodea canadensis (American waterweed or Canadian waterweed or pondweed) is a perennial aquatic plant, or submergent macrophyte, native to most of North America. It has been introduced widely to regions outside its native range.
It is frequently used as an aquarium plant. Propagation is by cuttings.
The native range of the species includes most of North America, from British Columbia east to Nova Scotia, south to California, and southeast to northern Florida, in rivers and lakes from sea level up to 2,000 m (6,600 ft) altitude, primarily in lime-rich waters.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Elodea canadensis 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.
