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Amazon Sword
Amazon Sword
Echinodorus grisebachii
Plantae
VULNERABLE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Small
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Freshwater wetland
Range
Central and South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Runners
Defense
Toxins
Status
Vulnerable

About

Amazon Sword plants are aquatic plants that grow in ponds and artificial aquatic habitats. They are native to Cuba, Central America, and South America as far south as Brazil and Bolivia.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Alismatales
Family
Alismataceae
Genus
Echinodorus
Species
Echinodorus grisebachii