Aquatic Plants
Botanical Garden:
Aquatic Plants
In the open space of the Botanical Garden the largest water reservoir is a natural pond, which is a remnant of the Odra river fork. Its banks are bonded by a characteristic wooden bridge. In the summer the ponds water surface is covered by leaves of the Spatterdock and White Water-lily, its shores are overgrown with swamp and marsh vegetation. An indubitable attraction is a foot-bridge, lying across the pond, in the neighbourhood of which float rafts with rare - often vanishing - species of flora (Marsilea quadrifolia, Schoenoplectus americanus, Trapa natans). Two fountains, apart from their decorative quality, perform the function of oxygenating the already highly eutrophic water. In the ornamental section of the Garden, tens of Water-lily (Nymphaea) varieties, bearing multicoloured flowers, have been collected in an artificial reservoir.AQUARIA The pride of Wrocław Botanical Garden is the collection of subtropical and tropical water and marsh plants, which numbers 350 taxa and ranks among the worlds largest. The plants are shown in sevaral dozen aquaria, 1200 litre cubic content each. In picturesque groups species representing genera entirely unknown in the Polish flora, namely Hygrophila, Aponogeton, Cabomba, Nesaea, have been planted in geographical arrangement. The exceptionally rich collection of Echinodorus (over 40 taxa), Cryptocoryne (30) and all the Anubias species (13) deserve special attention. Although many of the plants displayed here are typical of marshland, they are capable of living totally submerged; they have a great decorative value and constitute an indispensable element of every aquarium.
Gunnera manicata
