Lizard's tail
Saururus cernuus
Lizard's tail
- Special growth habit
- Well suitable for creation of "plant streets"
- Also for cold water tanks and paludaria
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Description
The Lizard's tail comes from North America where it grows rampantly with its underground runners in swamps and watersides. Its qualities as an aquarium plants were detected in the Netherlands; as submerged plant it grows much more modest and stays smaller than in its terrestrial form. The upright stems bear heart-shaped, horizontally arranged, medium green leaves. As a classical plant in the Dutch planted aquarium style, it is also known as the "Leiden plant" for many years.
Saururus cernuus is not very demanding but should be well lit and benefits from a nutrient-rich substrate. The temperatures should not exceed 25 °C for a longer time; on the other hand, this plant is quite cold-resistant. It is propagated by stem cuttings. As emersed plant, S. cernuus is vigorous, propagating by undergrund runners.
Traditionally, the "Leiden plant" is used for the creation of "plant streets" in Dutch style tanks. Shoots with graduated length are planted in a group. Beyond that, Saururus cernuus is generally interesting as an accent plant in the midground, for example combined with low ground covers.
Saururus cernuus, also known as lizard's tail, inhabits the east and southeast of the USA, where it grows in the shallow water zones of ditches, ponds, bogs and rivulets. In nature it is only rarely found to grow totally submersed.
This herbaceous bog plant has long been used in Dutch-style tanks and it is readily available in trade - give that you know where to look for it, as it is often sold as a pond plant.
S. cernuus is easy to cultivate and has only moderate requirements that have to be fulfilled for it in order to grow well. Light should be intensive, and the plant needs a constant CO2 supply for maximum growth and large leaves. The addition of nitrate, phosphate and micronutrients with a liquid fertiliser furthers its overall health and vitality, even though it is robust enough to exist without fertilisation. (read more)
| Common names | Lizard's tail |
| Complete botanical name | Saurúrus cérnuus L. |
| Family | Saururaceae |
| Genus | Saururus |
| Difficulty | medium |
| Usage | Semi-emersed plant for open tanks, Midground, Foreground, group |
| Growth | slow |
| pH value | 6 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance | 4 - 27°C |
| Carbonate hardness | 5 - 15°dKH |
| General hardness | 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation | Runners, Cuttings |
| Can grow emersed? | yes |
| Source | Flowgrow |
| Common names |
| Lizard's tail |
| Complete botanical name |
| Saurúrus cérnuus L. |
| Family |
| Saururaceae |
| Genus |
| Saururus |
| Difficulty |
| medium |
| Usage |
| Semi-emersed plant for open tanks, Midground, Foreground, group |
| Growth |
| slow |
| pH value |
| 6 - 8 |
| Temperature tolerance |
| 4 - 27°C |
| Carbonate hardness |
| 5 - 15°dKH |
| General hardness |
| 0 - 30°dGH |
| Propagation |
| Runners, Cuttings |
| Can grow emersed? |
| yes |
| Source |
| Flowgrow |
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very beautiful plant with its yellow veins and dark green leaves, it is magnificent for a paludarium or terrarium, I prefer to grow it emersed, it is even more beautiful than in... (read more)
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Magnifique
tres belle plante avec ses nervures jaunes et feuilles vertes foncées elle est magnifiques pour paludarium ou terra, je préfère en émerger elle est encore plus belle que sur la photo et facile a maintenir une brumisation par jour suffit en cette saison
The plant is surprisingly large and looks exotic, it's a real eye-catcher next to dark cryptocorynes. The catfish like to lie on the leaves.
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Exotisch
Die Pflanze ist überraschend gross und sieht exotisch aus, sie ist ein echter Hingucker neben dunklen Cryptocorynen. Die Welse liegen gerne auf den Blättern.
I just received the delivery, open the package right away, thrilled……And lo and behold….. plant totally destroyed, 4 of 6 leaves broken off. They' (read more)
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Tolle Pflanze …. Aber
Ich habe soeben die Lieferung erhalten, mache das Paket direkt auf, freue mich wie Bolle……Und siehe da….. Pflanze total zerstört, 4 von 6 Blätter abgebrochen. Hängen nur an einem kleinen Faden noch fest. Ich bin enttäuscht ! Hab jetzt eine kleine mit noch nicht mal eine Handvoll Blätter im Becken.
Die Pflanze sieht auf den Bildern so schön aus, und geliefert wurde ( Entschuldigung …..aber ) eine reinste Katastrophe. Geht gar nicht.
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