A complete guide to aquatic plant species for crayfish farming, with pictures, to help farmers identify them
In the process of crayfish farming, the selection and care of aquatic plants is a relatively important part. Today I will briefly introduce which aquatic plants can be chosen in the process of crayfish farming. The aquatic plants in a crayfish pond can be divided into three categories: emergent plants, floating-leaved plants and submerged plants. So some farming friends, when they see photos of certain crayfish ponds and cannot see any aquatic plants, say that planning a crayfish pond this way is unreasonable; it is very likely that this crayfish pond has chosen submerged aquatic plants.
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The plants that can be planted in a crayfish pond include arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia), reed (Phragmites australis), alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides), three-square bulrush (Scirpus triqueter), tape grass (Vallisneria natans), black algae (Hydrilla verticillata), elodea (Elodea nuttallii), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes), hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum), water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes) and so on. Below, the author will show them to you one by one in the form of pictures. When choosing aquatic plants, farming friends can use the pictures to select aquatic plants that already grow locally and plant those; aquatic plants transplanted this way have a high survival rate and can also adapt to the local climate.
Arrowhead (Sagittaria sagittifolia)
Reed (Phragmites australis)
Alligator weed (Alternanthera philoxeroides)
Three-square bulrush (Scirpus triqueter)
Tape grass (Vallisneria natans)
Black algae (Hydrilla verticillata)
Elodea (Elodea nuttallii)
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
Hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum)
Water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes)
Today I have briefly introduced some of the aquatic plants suitable for crayfish ponds. I believe that in many places there are still many aquatic plants suitable for crayfish farming that have not been introduced, and among the aquatic plants introduced, in many places the names may also be different. If you have good suggestions or have problems in the process of crayfish farming, you are welcome to click on the author's avatar to get the contact information and discuss and learn together.