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Here we highlight products at Living Science that you may not know about, or you may have seen on the product list, but you may wonder why we would carry this and for what purpose?
Elodea Densa
Elodea Densa
This month's spotlight is on Elodea Densa.
Elodea densa, also known as Anacharis or waterweed, is a bright green aquatic plant. It's an excellent aquarium oxygenator, which means that it releases oxygen or air into the water.Â
It is also great for teaching plant respiration, photosynthesis, and plasmolysis. Elodea plants are easy to grow in aquariums because they are hardy, adaptive plants and can survive under a variety of poor conditions including low light, and a variety of deep and shallow bodies of water.
Interesting facts about Elodea:
"Elodea" became a genus of aquatic plants in 1803.
Elodea plants are native to North and South America.
The stems of elodea plants can grow up to 2 feet long.
If you chop up an elodea plant, each smaller segment will continue growing into a new elodea plant.
Elodea is a freshwater plant.
Elodea plants can be found in ponds and slow-moving streams.
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