Stem Plants
Canadian Elodea
Elodea canadensis
Photo: Christian Fischer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Key facts
- Temperature4–25 °C
- pH6.5–8.5
- Adult size100 cm
- Difficulty★☆☆☆☆
- WaterFresh
Full profile
- Family
- Hydrocharitaceae
- Origin
- North America
- Size
- 30 – 100 cm
- Temperature
- 4 – 25°C
- pH
- 6.5 – 8.5
- GH
- 5 – 25 °dGH
- Difficulty
- ★☆☆☆☆
- Light
- average
- CO2
- Not required
- Fertilization
- low
- Growth
- fast
- Position
- background
- Propagation
- fragmentation
Notes: A cold-water oxygenating plant for ponds and aquariums without a heater. Introduced to Europe: Do not release it into rivers.
