Elodea , sometimes call anacharis , is the Romance name for a menage of piss mourning band often used in aquariums and ponds . These plants can escape into the wild and some var. are deal an invading species . They leave a useful home ground for small Pisces the Fishes and crustaceans , but because they propagate by breaking off and floating away , they can often choke up a pool .
Genus
The Elodea genus is part of the piddle weed metal money and grows underwater with its flowers break the surface . The nameelodea - need - survive-6343.html)-need - survive-6343.html ) imply " of marshes " and there are roughly 12 character of elodea .
The most well - known type of elodea is Canadian or American weewee mourning band or pool weed , Elodea canadensis . Elodea grows in fresh pee all over the public .
Recognition
The elodea is a stock-still plant . It has a long , sylphlike stalk fill with bunch of finely - toothed leave . The number of leave per cluster varies from about three to eight bet on type of pondweed ; the color is usually bright to dark green . Flowers are one - half to one inch across and white-hot , on short fore ; the plant grows as long as it need to put its flowers above water .
The ditchmoss ’s yield are cylindric or oval and after overwintering the plant develops its own " cuttings , " essentially breaking off stalks full of leaves to float off and plant elsewhere .
Invasion
Elodea is very good at colonization and its ability to self - cut mean that some mintage like Elodea canadensis , Elodea crispa and Elodea nuttallii are consider noxious green goddess .
While not actually part of the Elodea genus , Brazilian ditchmoss ( Egeria densa ) is related . This flora create thick mat that choke waterways and create problems of flow , silting and even block people ’s power to perform H2O sports . Egeria densa was formerly assort as Elodea , hence its common name , but was reclassified due to difference in the way its leaves develop on the stem .
Uses
Elodea are often sold in nurseries and pet shops for pond usance , then fly the coop into the natural state , though some states such as Texas and Washington have outlawed the sale of certain specie .
Elodea are used for aquarium plant , feed the fish somewhere to hide . scientific discipline teachers can establish the plant ' usage of carbon dioxide by using bromothymol aristocratic .
In the natural state , elodea also make useful hiding place for Pisces the Fishes and other aquatic animal as well as food for thought for crustaceans .
Control
In domain where elodea has become a job , control method acting vary . According to the AquaPlant section of the Texas Agrilife Extension Service website , areas can be covered physically or with dye to blockade out the light source and weedkiller like fluridone can also be used .
Elodea can be reap though chopping them up tends to make them spread because of their generation method . Triploid grass carp eat up Brazilian pondweed and have been used in control .
