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[edit] Variable Definition

name

Common Name of the species

image

This is an image for the plant, for details on uploading a new file please see Uploading a New File the default should be 'No_Image.png'

caption

Please include a description of the image, such as species and location

species

Scientific (Latin) name for species, please use italics.

max_height

Maximum height reached by the plant

max_width

Maximum width reached by the plant

difficulty

How difficult is the care of this plant? (easy/moderate/hard/very hard)

light_needs

What quantity of light is nessary for this plant? (Low/Medium/High/1.0-7.0 wpg)

temperature

Ideal temperature in Centigrade and Fahrenheit for the plant

growth_rate

How quickly it may grow. (slow/medium/fast)

growth_type

The type of reproduction the plant uses. (stem/rosette/rhizome/adventitious)

placement

Should this plant be placed in the Forground/Midground/Background/Floating

coloration

What is the colour of the leaves?

availability

How common or rare it is

[edit] Page Code

Copy the below code to your newly created page and fill in the blanks as is necessary.

{{Plant Data
  |name =  Common Name
  |image = No_Image.png
  |caption = Image Caption
  |species = Species
  |max_height = Max Height
  |max_width = Max Width
  |size_units = inches or cm
  |difficulty = Easy/moderate/hard/very hard
  |light_needs = Low/Medium/High/1.0-7.0 wpg
  |min_temperature = Numerical value for the lower end of temperature this plant can tolerate
  |max_temperature = Numerical value for the higher end of temperature this plant can tolerate
  |temperature_units = C or F
  |growth_rate = Slow/Medium/Fast
  |growth_type = stem/rosette/rhizome/adventitious
  |min_ph = Numerical value for the lower end of the pH this plant can tolerate 
  |max_ph = Numerical value for the higher end of the pH this plant can tolerate
  |min_water_hardness = Numerical value for the lower end of the water hardness this plant can tolerate 
  |max_water_hardness = Numerical value for the higher end of the water hardness this plant can tolerate 
  |placement = Foreground/Midground/Backdrop/Floating
  |coloration = Pale Green/Green/Dark Green/Brown/Red
  |availability = Rare/Common
}}



== Synonyms, alternative common names and variants ==
Unknown

== Description ==
General description of what it looks like

== Environment Specifics ==
What kind of conditions does it prefer?

== Special notes ==
Add anything special about this plant. History etc.

== Pictures ==

== External Links ==
*[http://www.tropica.com/  Tropica]
*[http://www.plantgeek.net Plant Geek]
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/ Wikipedia]
*[http://freshaquarium.about.com/od/plants/Plants.htm About.com] - Plants
*[http://www.thekrib.com/Plants/ The Krib] - Plants

[[Category:Plants (Freshwater)]]
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[[Category:Plants (Saltwater)]]
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[[Category:Plants (Brackish)]]